Category: Bits and Pieces

The Wall Street Journal, having reluctantly arrived at the same conclusions that we Bookwormroom groupies had already formulated, feels that Keynesianism has been totally, totally discredited by recent events “The economies of Europe and the United States have arrived at the moment when they no longer have any conceivable hope of

We spent the morning today in Palermo.  I wish I had more to say about it, but I just don’t. I can’t figure out if it wouldn’t have been my cup of tea under any circumstances, or if I’m just getting soured after more travel than I really like. I

Old Buckeye posted the following comment:  “Aren’t ridicule and belittling supposed to be in the playbook of the ‘rules for radicals?’ I think I’m going to adopt a similar stance when speaking to people I know who voted for him the first time. Say things such as ‘I can’t believe

Here are this week’s full results: Council Winners *First place with 3 1/3 votes! Joshuapundit––The Most Dangerous Story In The News Today Second place *t*   with 2 votes – The Colossus of Rhodey –Think like a “progressive” Second place *t*   with 2 votes – Simply Jews-Understanding Israeli right and left,

I’d been thinking about two topics for a post and then I realized they are interrelated. Topic 1 — After the market crashed today, I heard an interview with a financial analyst on the radio.  When asked what would turn things around he said one thing:  “Jobs, jobs, jobs.  We

This one is from Sadie and it demonstrates that Clinton is not the one who can get credit for the balanced budget on his watch.  Of course it also demonstrates that there is plenty of blame to go around for the unbalanced budgets before and since.  The overall point, that

I had no expectations whatsoever about Tunisia. Going into it, I knew only three things:  it’s on the northeastern tip of Africa, very near Sicily; ancient Carthage was where Tunisia now is; and it had a revolution in January 2011 that lit the spark for the Arab Spring. I now

I’ve always wondered at the alliance between personally conservative union workers and untra liberal academics and government types.  It looks like Obama, with his leftist leanings and strong union support, bridges the gap. Sadie sends along this interesting story right from Chicago, that may reflect a bit of this: The lesson: if you

Coming to a town near you in the mid-west, starting August 15. He won’t throw you under the bus (unless you get too close).                                                     TOUR de FARCE Taxpayers Will Pay for Obama Bus Tour of Battleground States, Says White House (Greyhound buses get 6.5 miles to the gallon) http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/taxpayers-cover-obama-bus-tour-midwest-b

I was reading this story about the FAA crisis when the following quote caught my eye:  “the country stands to lose more than $1 billion in revenue from uncollected airline ticket taxes during the shutdown if Congress leaves the problem hanging until lawmakers return in September.”  The country stands to

Apparently, using ground turkey in place of ground beef isn’t so much better for you after all.

Don’t have a clue how Book posts these, but Sadie suggests I ought to, so here goes: Council Submissions   Joshuapundit–The Most Dangerous Story In The News Today The Noisy Room – The Conservative Stand New Zeal – Obama and Marxists March in Unison on Immigration Rhymes With Right –

Sadie here:  Super Congress and the Committee of 12 (sounds like jury duty) and if there is a tie, who is the tie-breaker? The article, in spite of links to the Left, raises a few questions. Time to start asking them. Did the inner circle just kick the Tea Party

I read yesterday an assertion that Great Britain, with its stricter gun control has fewer murders but more rapes, burglaries, robberies, and other crimes than the U.S.  I don’t know if that’s true, but if it is true, it could be as much because of cultural differences as anything.  Comparing

We anticipated that Barcelona would be one of the high points of this trip. After all, Barcelona is Gaudi’s town, famed for its knock-your-socks off architecture. EVERYBODY loves Barcelona. No wonder the cruise ship made it a 12.5 hour stop. Except we didn’t love Barcelona. It wasn’t just the punishing