Watch this Bob Wright/Mickey Kaus bloggingheads discussion about JournOlist, and tell me there is something principled in his argument, because I am not seeing it. All this is was Mickey Kaus being upset and jealous that he was not invited to the group, and Kaus gives up the game with the Felix Frankfurter analogy. Mickey …
Archives for April 2009
Seventy years of solitude
I’m not so much in the mood to make fun of Congressional Republicans today, but I’d be remiss if I let this pass: JMM writes: This is the scoring the House Republicans have provided, tracking Democratic budget policy and theirs over the next 70 years. As you can see, predicting ideological stances over as yet …
More rare candor
Here’s hoping it’s getting less rare (from today’s WaPo reporter chat): Scranton, N.J.: Yeah, he’s taking hits in Washington and yet your own poll suggests he’s not taking hits with the American people. Everyday on cable news and in the Browser I read something to the effect of “will announcing this (some policy) affect Obama’s …
Makers and takers revisited
Sully has an explanation of what he meant by “makers and takers”: I should unpack a little (and maybe at some point, a lot). The divide I’m talking about is not a hackneyed distinction between God-fearing entrepreneurs and parasitic welfare queens. It’s about those who contribute their labor to produce something of value, and those …
Getting Worse
More bad numbers: Job losses in the U.S. private sector accelerated in March, more than economists’ expectations, according to a report by ADP Employer Services on Wednesday. Private employers cut jobs by a record 742,000 in March versus a 706,000 revised cut in February that was originally reported at 697,000 jobs, said ADP, which has …
Tracking the April Fools Pranks
I’m sure there are a ton of them out there, so I will open with Jim Henley’s announcement that he is joining the Malkin empire at Hot Air.
A New Day
I have successfully taken down the PJ Media ads without crashing the website or ruining something, and have google adsense ones up in their place. Over the next few days I will work to get some other stuff up and running. If anyone remembers how to use blogads, I could use some help. As for …