News and politics

California officially becomes a slow pay.  Gee, I wonder how that happened?  Gee, I wonder why I–a California native–became a resident of Texas. Read more

The Black Artists Association has their knickers in a twist because Michelle Obama (delightfully dubbed FLOTUS) didn’t commission any gowns from THEM.  I’m sorry, but they sound like a bunch of whiney white hipsters.  Any honest fashion designer would have started their interview with "THANK GOD I didn’t get mixed up with a collection that… Read more

Spengler didn’t like Barack-0’s inauguration speech.  DO try the poetry generator linked at the bottom of his article.Tip from Derbyshire at The Corner. Update (22 January).  Iowahawk, also not impressed, has just completed the ninth book of The Idiossey. Is this man hewn from Olympus,Sent by Zeus to save our souls?Or a plastic dashboard JesusIn… Read more

Pelosi said one of her favorite moments from Inauguration Day was when Marine One lifted off the Capitol grounds, signifying former President George W. Bush’s exit from Washington. "It felt like a 10-pound anvil was lifted off my head," she said. What a great idea:  Pelosi’s head + 10-pound anvil.  Why didn’t the Republicans think… Read more

Camille Paglia goes on a minor tear today, jammin’ from Mumbai to Wasilla.  Check out the Nickelodeon link at the end.  "Bow down to Santa" indeed. Read more

Here’s a truly dangerous idea–letting the great unwashed decide how to spend their own money: Tip from the Parkway Rest Stop. Read more

All you Second Amendment supporters can rest easy.  Soon-to-be President Obama says "Lawful gun owners have nothing to fear." Otto von Bismarck said "Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied." Read more

…and someday, I want to eat it off this plate. Tip from Yuval Levin at The Corner, who isn’t quite getting into the spirit of the thing. Update (29 November).  But wait!  There’s more! Tip from Jimbo at Parkway Rest Stop, who also isn’t quite getting with the program. Update (2 December).  Plates, who needs… Read more

Could we at least decline in a decorus manner and not explode into a horrific pork fandango?Tip from the Instapundit. Read more

I stress to statistics students that they should never make statements unsupported by data, calculations, or reliable sources.  Now we find out that the "Sarah Palin thinks Africa is a country" sound-bite comes from the non-existent Martin Eisenstadt of the (equally non-existent) Harding Institute for Freedom and Democracy.  So now who’s stupid?  The Governor of… Read more