Nancy Pelosi: “There is no question there is a concerted effort to make this a political issue by some. And I join those who have called for looking into how is this opposition to the mosque being funded,” she said. What a ridiculous issue all around. There’s no reason
Last week, Paul Krugman published a column where he called Congressman Paul Ryan a “flimflam man”: But it’s the audacity of dopes. Mr. Ryan isn’t offering fresh food for thought; he’s serving up leftovers from the 1990s, drenched in flimflam sauce. Krugman’s justification for this all
On July 16th, Apple held a press conference to discuss the iPhone 4′s antenna. On the whole, Apple’s approach was good—they explained what the problem was and how they would resolve it for customers. Providing a free case for anyone experiencing signal attenuation is a sufficient gesture.
In defending their healthcare “reform” bill passed in March, the Obama administration is arguing the individual mandate is constitutional because it is a tax: In a brief defending the law, the Justice Department says the requirement for people to carry insurance or pay the penalty is “a valid exercise” of
Keith Hennessey on the unemployment benefits debate: There is overwhelming bipartisan supermajority support for a UI extension if it is offset. Speaker Pelosi and Leader Reid chose not to follow this path, presumably because it would split their side of the aisle. They instead chose a partisan route that resulted
Jorge is running a great little contest to win a printed copy of one of his photos. What a fantastic idea.
What’s cooler than a race at Pikes Peak? One filmed entirely on an iPhone 4. Incredible quality, especially considering there was no color correction done.
Insightful: I would compare those who advocate such outright borrowing without committing to credibly repay at maturity to people who fall for teaser mortgage rates and are rather negatively surprised to see the rate adjust later. It is interesting though that there seems to be a large positive correlation between
Sven Wilson: Fuller’s point is basically that life is hard and unfair for many hard-working people, and government can help. Fair enough. But what she doesn’t seem to get is that the more government steps in to fulfill the traditions of churches, families, neighbors, colleagues, clubs and
The sun may be entering a period of low solar activity: But for the past two years, the sunspots have mostly been missing. Their absence, the most prolonged for nearly a hundred years, has taken even seasoned sun watchers by surprise. “This is solar behaviour we haven’t seen in
Postbox is a different way to do email. There’s a lot to love about this application, and they just launched a free version, called Postbox Express, along with a new website designed by Tim Van Damme. It’s beautiful. Welcome to TightWind. If you liked what you read above,
Keith Hennessey nicely summarizes the administration’s response to the Gulf oil spill: The President risks overreaching by trying to use a crisis in one subset of domestic oil drilling to enact a policy agenda that applies to all types of oil drilling and imports, and to coal, and to