Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
Paul Brandus decided he’d had enough of the innumerable lies about Obama floating through the blogosphere, so he did some research and came up with a post: “Deconstructing the 5 most ridiculous myths about Barack Obama.” Unfortunately for him, he forgot the cardinal rule of attacking your enemy: Know your
Continue readingI was driving along in the car and, suddenly, the phrase “Roe v. Wade” popped into my head. In 1973, the Supreme Court waded into what should have been a state-by-state legislative matter, and created the most vicious 39 year fight in America since the Civil War. One side found
Continue readingThe Supreme Court opinion on ObamaCare runs to 193 pages. It is the size of a book, only more boring than any book anyone would ever want to read — and that is true despite the fact that Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the worst writer on the court, didn’t write it.
Continue readingLiving as I do in Marin, I pay a lot — a lot — in property taxes. Because I live in a fairly well-managed place, I mostly feel I get a lot of bang for my buck. My town is clean, the roads are maintained, the schools are the best
Continue readingOne of the hardest fought propositions on the California ballot this June is Proposition 29 which is described on the ballot as a new law that “imposes additional tax on cigarettes for cancer research.” Doesn’t that sound nice? Those who smoke have to fund cancer research. It’s an indirect version
Continue readingStudents, not normally a personally wealthy group, are all for redistributing other people’s money. Apparently, though, they draw the line at redistributing the fruits of their own labors: The next step is to get the students to listen to Jon Lovitz’s F-Bomb laden rant and understand that, whether we’re talking
Continue readingThe SF Comical sounds surprised by the fact that the Facebook IPO did not end California’s financial problems. I think someone needs to watch Bill Whittle’s video, made roughly a year ago, but clearly pertinent today:
Continue readingVictor Davis Hanson hits it out of the park with his post explaining why higher taxes are not the answer. Some of his twelve reasons are better than others, but all are worthy of your consideration. This is my favorite of the twelve, but I think you’ll like them all:
Continue readingSadie got this in an email and posted it as a comment. It’s too good, though, not to get wider play. The beer theory of taxes explains just about everything that’s wrong with a system that drives away the wealth: THE TAX SYSTEM EXPLAINED IN BEER Suppose that every day,
Continue readingLast night was back-to-school night at my daughter’s new high school. I was deeply impressed. The facility is beautiful; the classrooms are clean, bright and well-maintained; the teachers are engaging; the test scores are over-the-top; and the expensive extras (fancy computers, lab equipment, etc.) are all in place. My daughter
Continue readingZombie begins to take seriously those who call for radical changes to our taxation system: Why not let those who demand ever higher taxes, especially for themselves (Buffet, Trump, etc.), have the opportunity to do precisely that? You should read Zombie’s entire post but, in the meantime, you can enjoy
Continue readingOne of life’s truisms is that, on the whole, renters don’t take care of property as well as owners do. Why should they? They have no investment in the structure. If they don’t mind the aesthetics of a scuffed baseboard, stained carpet or dirty walls, it doesn’t matter. When they
Continue readingThe administration’s newest scheme to slow the recovery and, just coincidentally I’m sure, to put monitoring ankle bracelets on all citizens: Make all possible roads toll roads, and mandate that drivers have toll reading devices on their cars (which are, after all, tracking devices): The White House last week began
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 readingSan Francisco is definitely up in the top five when it comes to “most Progressively governed cities in America.” No surprise, then, that the city’s finances are in a shambles. What is a surprise is the fact that, faced with a looming budget collapse, the City has suddenly discovered capitalist
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