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Category Archives: politics
Magical thinking watch: Eternal, unchanging racism chapter
New York Times columnist Clyde Haberman seriously considers whether President Obama’s failure to enthusiastically back three black politicians–David Paterson, William Thompson, and Harold Ford–shows “how much remains to be done” regarding civil rights. Maybe Obama has “a problem with blacks,” … Continue reading
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Health care favoritism
Having initially cast aside their usual view that “from those to whom much is given, much shall be taken away” in battling the tax on Cadillac health insurance plans, government and private sector unions have now won a five-year exemption … Continue reading
Differential Earthquake Mortality
From the Yahoo News report on the Haiti earthquake: Even relatively wealthy neighborhoods were devastated. That is an odd thing to say. It was a commonplace in the ancient world that earthquakes differentially afflicted the rich. Those who lived in … Continue reading
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Terrorism and opportunism
I recall a time in the not-too-distant past—just over one year ago, say–when being a “war-time president” carried a certain aura of sanctity, lest criticism of the Commander-in-Chief demoralize the troops fighting that “war.” Times have changed along with the … Continue reading
On signals & design
Somehow SR‘s email address was added to Newsmax’s mailing list for ad buys. The pitch is that one will reach affluent readers. But they undermine their message by formatting their HTML emails in a garish 1997 Frontpage-generated style. I thought … Continue reading
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After-the-fact pseudo-wise man watch
The Sunday talk shows overflowed with specious explanations for the underwear bomber incident: Other Republicans were more measured. On CNN, former New Jersey Gov. Thomas Kean, the chairman of the 9/11 Commission, praised Obama’s reaction to the Flight 253 attack. … Continue reading
Obama’s post 12/25 dilemma
It’s going to be amusing to see President Obama try to triangulate between the public outcry for tougher terror screening policies in the wake of the 12/25 attempt and his natural allies on the civil libertarian left. Senator Dianne Feinstein … Continue reading
Last-minute holiday cheer
If anyone is looking for a final holiday treat, I highly recommend the animated movie Fantastic Mr. Fox, which I review here. Don’t think that you need to have a child in tow to see it; its satire of the … Continue reading