Long time readers of my blog know that my ideal form of government is a Republican congress and a Democrat president. With conservatives controlling the purse (congress) and liberals controlling the sword (presidency), you have a near perfect separation of powers.
If Democrats continue to control congress, then that will make the case against Obama in […]
Archive for October, 2010
“If we want the charge to retain its sting, as we should, we ought to use it cautiously. It needs to mean something worse than ordinary human weakness. Show me some malice. (The remarks that led to Helen Thomas’s forced retirement would qualify.) If what Williams said was bigoted, then this is a […]
“In four years’ time, the minimum cost of labor will be a $7.25 cash minimum wage and a $5.89 health minimum wage (family), for a total of $13.14 an hour or about $27,331 a year. (I think you can see already that no one is going to want to hire low-wage workers with families.)” […]
“He ends up taking some odd directions with it, but I think the main thrust of Rick Hess’ article on making school choice actually work is mostly brilliant. His core point is that for the provision of extra options to drive major improvements in quality, you need a much more complete market […]
I’ll be in Atlanta, Georgia on Friday, Saturday and Sunday of next week and Burmingham, Alabama, on Thursday and Monday. If anybody lives in the area and would like to meet up, send me an email.
A well thought out article by former IDF guard Jeffrey Goldberg on whether Israel will bomb Iran in an attempt to thwart their nuclear ambitions:
Israeli policy makers do not necessarily believe that Iran, should it acquire a nuclear device, would immediately launch it by missile at Tel Aviv. “On the one hand, they […]