Saturday, March 26, 2005|
Probably the greatest American you've never heard of turned 91 yesterday. The developing world, and by association each of us, owes him a huge debt of gratitude. 11:15:38 AM permalink What do you think? [] trackback [] |
Saturday, March 19, 2005|
Big turnouts in today's anti-war protest in New York City. Or not. When all you can scrounge up is 350 people, you might begin to think you were on the wrong side of history. But not these stalwarts, including one Veronica Momjian carring a "Give Peace a Chance" sign (I'm not sure what peace she's talking about. Maybe it's the Michael Moore tranquility peace that went on in the sweet little town of Baghdad before the terrible American oppressors came in and started killing innocent Iraqis. Yeah that's probably it) who says "I'm here to chastise the government for putting us in the middle of a bloody and disgusting war," she said. "Things are looking worse and there's no foreseeable end to this." I'm not sure what part of the Iraqi election and the Lebanese democracy movement she thinks is looking worse, but I'd love to hear about it. Overall, sounds like this was a pretty subdued affair, barely worthy of media mention. But then, this is the New York Times we're talking about here. |
Friday, February 11, 2005|
Another one on the far left goes off the deep end. 6:20:49 AM permalink What do you think? [] trackback [] |
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Eason Jordan has resigned from CNN over his comments about the military targeting journalists. Glenn has a good round up. Blogs as tools of ultimate fact-checking are only beginning to come into their own. 11:24:11 PM permalink What do you think? [] trackback [] |
Monday, January 31, 2005|
Over at Centerfield, Max makes some interesting comments on welfare aimed at reducing the "swollen ranks" of welfare recipients, largely by valuing the worker. There's only one problem with this, namely that the ranks aren't swollenr. This NY Times article from March 2004 states that welfare rolls have actually declined in the last three years during a recession. Far from swollen, the ranks seem to be receding. At the same time, the number of food stamp recipients have risen and it just turns out that the food stamp program was one of the 69 programs not reformed in Clinton's landmark 1996 welfare reform program. Food stamps are still geared towards rewarding those who don't and/or won't work which could very well explain why those recipents are increasing while welfare recipients are not. Both Max and his commenters seem to be confusing welfare with unemployment. Viewed in this light, his argument for giving people jobs who are skilled but undereducated makes more sense, but it hardly seems to apply to welfare. The bottom line is that the Clinton reform continues to work by encouraging people to find work, to support themselves, and to stay off the government dole. You'd think the Democrats would be thrilled with this one major success of the Clinton era but oddly, they aren't. |
Tuesday, December 07, 2004|
Tim Oren writes about the force structure of our military over at Winds of Changes. It's a really instructive read dealing with the levels of force we have had in the past through the levels we have now in the military. I can't possibly excerpt anything that would be useful so just go read it. It's long but worth it if you're at all interested in the future of the American military. 8:11:44 PM permalink What do you think? [] trackback [] |
Wednesday, August 11, 2004|
In Remembrance of those who have fallen. And those who still live. Veterans Day. 6:25:42 PM permalink What do you think? [] trackback [] |
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Medicare is now covering some obesity cases which to my libertarian mind seems bizarre. But if the government can do that, can't we do something about all the ugly people? Seems like Medicare ought to cover plastic surgery too or at least plastic bags with holes in it. If you're obese AND ugly, you can file twice. 9:21:43 PM permalink What do you think? [] trackback [] |
Sunday, August 08, 2004|
Our immigration and Homeland Security policy is ridiculous. We have a border that's very porous, God knows how many containers come into the country every day that could contain God knows what and yet, our Homeland Security office is revoking the protected status of 292 people from the island of Montserrat in 1996 when it became uninhabitable due to volcanic activity. 292 people who have been living and working here for 8 years and we're not suggesting they move to Britain and claim citizenship there. Homeland Security, under it's current policy and leadership, is an oxymoron. We can't keep the bad guys out and we're not letting the good guys in. Stunning work really. 10:49:02 PM permalink What do you think? [] trackback [] |
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