Category Archives: politics

Working Hard, Working Smart

Posted on April 19, 2011 by Bradlaugh

Mark Krikorian and I have been singled (doubled?) out for a sneer from AEI’s Nick Schultz. Are our heads exploding (he wants to know) at the news that Mexicans lead the world in “total minutes worked, paid and unpaid, per … Continue reading →

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Norman Tebbit, 80

Posted on April 2, 2011 by Andrew Stuttaford

Cross-posted over at the Corner: The Daily Telegraph is running an interview with Norman Tebbit, one of the Thatcherite greats, who turned 80 this week. You don’t always have to agree with him (I don’t, not always) to find it … Continue reading →

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Whoaa!

Posted on March 29, 2011 by Andrew Stuttaford

Via Politico: SAN ANTONIO — Newt Gingrich stood before thousands of evangelical churchgoers Sunday night to deliver a dire warning that nation’s Christian roots are under attack. “I have two grandchildren — Maggie is 11, Robert is 9,” Gingrich said … Continue reading →

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Long Spoon Needed

Posted on March 26, 2011 by Andrew Stuttaford

Crossposted in the Corner: This report from yesterday’s New York Times does not bode well. Here’s a key extract: Cairo: In post-revolutionary Egypt, where hope and confusion collide in the daily struggle to build a new nation, religion has emerged … Continue reading →

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And Iowa…

Posted on March 24, 2011 by Andrew Stuttaford

Via the Des Moines Register: Poor Iowans would be prohibited from having a taxpayer-paid abortion in cases of rape or incest under an amendment to a budget bill approved by a House committee this week. Again, grotesque…

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Big Government in South Dakota

Posted on March 24, 2011 by Andrew Stuttaford

Time reports on a new law from South Dakota: In an ongoing effort to push legislation to reduce abortion rates — in part by restricting women’s access to the procedure — South Dakota’s Gov. Dennis Daugaard, a Republican, signed into … Continue reading →

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Utah’s Immigration Mess

Posted on March 22, 2011 by Andrew Stuttaford

I posted last night over on the Corner on the topic of Utah’s immigration mess. Full post here, but basically the nub is well set out in this paragraph from a LA Times report: Gov. Gary Herbert last week signed … Continue reading →

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No perfect solution

Posted on March 21, 2011 by David Hume

We Would Lose an Arms Race with the Whole World: What seems so striking to me, though, from the perspective of being in Paris and London, is the default belief among so many in the U.S. that America needs to … Continue reading →

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History Lesson

Posted on March 19, 2011 by Andrew Stuttaford

Brie foe, Chablis fighter and Creationist Tim Pawlenty tries his hand at history: We need to remember as others try to push out or marginalise people of faith—we need to remember this and always remember it—the constitution was designed to … Continue reading →

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Giving More Power To The IRS

Posted on March 19, 2011 by Andrew Stuttaford

This story comes from Mother Jones, and it comes with plenty of ‘coulds’, so some caution is called for. Nevertheless it doesn’t make pretty reading. Here’s a key extract: Under a GOP-backed bill expected to sail through the House of … Continue reading →

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