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Drugs for old-fogies: Adding prescription drug coverage to Medicare has been a topic of debate since the 2000 election. Both parties, in order to pander to the vast majority of senior citizens who vote, have said they're for it. The Democrats have a plan. The Republicans have a plan. The Republican plan is cheaper. The […]

Well, I'm back to blogging...but on a 56k modem. After getting my cable modem hooked up again last Friday I've had nothing but trouble with it. Tonight I got the word that my problems are being caused by a weak signal -- they'll be out tomorrow to fix it. In the meantime, my Web surfing […]

Our friends the Mexicans: The San Diego Union-Tribune has a front page story today on evidence that the Mexican military may be hiring itself out as protection for drug smugglers. But retired Border Patrol agent Ron Sanders faces no such constraint. The former head of the Border Patrol's Tucson sector, which covers 281 miles of […]

I'm back online. Just got the new cable modem installed, but regular posting will not really occur until Sunday. One short note before I go: somebody needs to pay their bills.

A few final thoughts on Krugman: I say final in that I won't be online to critique him on Friday. The computer I'm working on now is the next thing to be disassembled for travel to my new home. If Krugman is particularly distasteful, I might post something Saturday or Sunday, but no guarantees. First […]

OK, so I took a break from packing to check out Krugman's latest. There's so much wrong with it that I really don't have the time dissect it thoroughly -- but one thing that just caused my jaw to drop. [S]ome months ago an academic colleague � a man with strong Democratic connections � urged […]

Posting notice: My move is fast approaching. Posts slowed last week, and will practically disappear this coming week. My apologies. For those of you looking for your twice-weekly Krugman fix check out the Minuteman. I will return next weekend. In the meantime, GO USA soccer!

I'd stop if he'd stop: Paul "$50,000 Enron man" Krugman that is. Apparently the world would be a much better place if we had no power plants, signed the Kyoto global warming treaty, and simply ignored that Sept. 11 ever happened. I know what you're thinking: I'm exaggerating. Yes, but Krugman is too. Krugman's latest […]

James Taranto, the author of The Wall Street Journal's "Best of the Web Today" is not much of a soccer fan, and it shows. America woke up Wednesday to one of its greatest soccer wins," the Associated Press reports from Suwon, South Korea. "The U.S. soccer team shocked heavily favored Portugal at the World Cup, […]

I guess that there is some hubbub going on in the blogosphere over Darwinism vs. Intelligent Design. Why? Because Instapundit says so. Instapundit points to this piece by Iain Murray who says that ID is nothing more than a backdoor strategy to get creationism into the classroom, and that it has no scientific validity. ID […]