Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
There are few issues that have been obfuscated as diligently by the media organs of the MSM Left as has been the housing crisis that led to our current economic depression. Why, of course they would do that: the Democrats are guilty as sin! We’ve observed on the pages of
Continue readingMarin is a rich community that’s ridden out the recession much better than other places in the U.S. Still in a recession of this duration, even the richest community isn’t entirely insulated. For example, yesterday a report came out saying that Corte Madera, a nice middle class community by Marin
Continue readingI managed to catch about five minutes of Rush today, during which time he talked about the fact that some states are floating the idea (or actually going through with the idea) of cutting down the length of time for state unemployment benefits. Rush’s comment (and I’m paraphrasing) was to
Continue readingGiven this blog’s recent flogging of the China versus U.S. (“us”) question, here is a primary example of how China may surpass the U.S. by becoming more business friendly as it decentralizes while the U.S. risks having to learn the lessons of socialist history all over again as our over-regulated
Continue readingA charming and pointed reminder about Obama’s game-playing with our money: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pejs0hp8DnU[/youtube] Hat tip: Long-time blog friend judyrose.
Continue readingIs our democracy germinating the seeds of its own destruction? Alexis de Toqueville warned, “The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public’s money.” That day has come. It is not yet gone. Democracy in ancient Athens lasted about 250
Continue readingUnlike our esteemed Commander in Chief, Iowahawk is actually intelligent: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpeIV9X-smg&feature=player_embedded#at=47[/youtube]
Continue readingThere’s a fiery debate over whether Republicans won or lost the budget round over discretionary spending. Good examples of the pros and cons on that debate are Peter Wehner (Boehner did great) and Dick Morris (Boehner was a spaghetti-spined disaster). What do you think?
Continue readingIsrael as the next Saudia Arabia? According to this article in the Wall Street Journal, Israel’s unusually large and high-quality shale oil reserves may yield as much oil as all of Saudi Arabia’s proven oil reserves. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703806304576242420737584278.html These discoveries are in addition to of Israel’s recently diclosed gas
Continue readingOne of my all-time favorite economic historians is Harvard’s Niall Ferguson, who does a very good job dissecting the transatlantic political and economic cultures with characteristic British clarity in erudition. He’s not perfect, however: witness his bad judgment in affixing his name to a worn-out political rag like Newsweek. But, I
Continue readingOne of my take-away images from reading George Orwell’s 1984 is Winston Smith’s job: he destroys any historic evidence that conflicts with Big Brother’s current agenda. As with all things Left, George Orwell knew exactly what he was talking about. The Left likes to re-write history. Its misfortune is that
Continue readingHere is a financial report on USA, Inc., presented as a slide show, as developed by financial analysts. Most of us Bookworm Room aficionados know that the economic state of health of our country is not good and getting worse. It is critical, actually. Unfortunately, there are many still wedded
Continue readingThere’s an excellent article in the WSJ about the challenges that retiring baby boomers face as 401(k)s fail to meet their retirement needs. I don’t know if this can be accessed without an online subscription to the WSJ, so to summarize…buffeted by two major stock market crashes, most baby boomers
Continue readingToday, several schools in Wisconsin announced that they would be closed so that their teachers could attend protests in the state capital, Madison, against GOP Gov. Walker’s proposals to take away collective bargaining rights from public sector unions. Wisconsin, like neighboring Illinois, is going broke. The behavior of the Wisconsin
Continue readingIt’s not often I get the pleasure of laughing out loud when I read a “serious” political piece, especially one from an Obama acolyte, but I have to admit that this one completely lifted my mood. The author, David Kendall, at heart, seems to be an honest soul because he
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