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Having just mailed off my check for my federal income taxes, this quote of the day from the Economist doesn’t sit well with me. Politicians use the tax code to encourage things they like, such as driving hybrid cars, and to discourage things they don’t like, such as work.

John Weidner over at RandomJottings makes an excellent point on what will eventually occur as the comparative effectiveness panels under the new health care regime begin to make life and death decisions about medical treatment. Imagine a person is made a slave because our law allows it. And another person is made a slave because […]

If you haven’t read this brief post by Victor Davis Hanson over at National Review Online, then you should do so now. A sample: Any initial delight that the world's masses found in a post-national, post-racial, charismatic young American president will begin to be eclipsed by their leaders' realpolitik calculations, both old friends and enemies […]

Here’s a good one via Hot Air: “It’s been 60 years since we went to war in Korea,” said [Congressman Ron] Paul. “Why do we have to have troops there?” “North Korea!” yelled a heckler.

Last year, when one iteration of the health care bill introduced us to “comparative effectiveness panels” that would decide on what sorts of medical treatments would get paid for under the new health care regime, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin referred to them as “death panels.” That earned her a “Pants on Fire” and “lie […]

Nope. I’ve decided it’s going after the quote from Mediaite: From: Griffin, Phil (NBC Universal) Sent: Wed 4/07/10 11:16 PM Sorry, but this is a business and I need team players. He [David Shuster] was not moral, ethical or professional and that is not fair to the 500 people who work at msnbc. Thanks for […]

The problem with requiring insurance companies to cover pre-existing conditions is that the companies are therefore not really offering “insurance.” If you crash your car and the next day go to Flo at Progressive Insurance, pay your premium and then immediately file a claim, prepare to serve some time in the slammer for fraud. In […]

National Journal’s Stuart Taylor has a good article on President Barack Obama’s nominee to a spot on the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, Goodwin Liu. Elections have consequences and this is what you get when you elect a big-time liberal. • Racial preferences without end. In 2003, in a panel discussion held by the progressive […]

Charlatan Deepak Chopra had this to say following Sunday’s earthquake in Baja California. "Had a powerful meditation just now -- caused an earthquake in Southern California," Chopra wrote to his nearly 179,000 Twitter followers shortly after the quake. And then, to clarify: "Was meditating on Shiva mantra & earth began to shake," he tweeted. "Sorry […]

The previous post got me thinking about what’s going to happen with Iran’s pursuit of nuclear weapons. Since President Obama came into office, his official policy has been to reach out to the Iranian regime. The appearance of Iran’s Green movement in the wake of that country’s stolen election caused him some problems. He wanted […]