…they are funded separately from the income tax and the general budget. Take a look at one of your pay-stubs if you don’t believe me. Them’r separate deductions. I only bring this up because were entering an era (hopefully brief) … Continue reading
Juan Williams, formerly of NPR and Fox News, is no longer employed by NPR, according to this New York Times story. I have a feeling that NPR probably had an intern reviewing all of his public statements, and were waiting … Continue reading
Some people think so, apparently. But if a quote like this: Wordiness is a problem for one white woman who spoke to researchers about NPR: “I think it can be clever and quirky, and smart and insightful. But I don’t … Continue reading
I’m not bringing this up because of any call I saw tonight (though there is a recent call that now comes to mind), I’m just tired of American baseball being so awful about adding a video replay official to their … Continue reading
As I’m sure many of you are aware of, there are some immediate economic problems facing the United States right now. A big one is that our economy isn’t doing much lately; it’s in a bit of a stall. The … Continue reading
So this Rand Paul character wins the Republican Senate primary in Kentucky. For a seat left in contention thanks to the resignation of the really good baseball player and, arguably, lousy Senator Bunning. Rand Paul is a self-identified libertarian, and … Continue reading
And he had Jeremy Clarkson and Gwyneth Paltrow and Robert Downey Jr. on, and that’s not what I want to type about. Nope. I’m annoyed that an eHarmony.com ad made a big deal about intellect being one of 29 things … Continue reading
Nova, the PBS show for kids, did a takedown on the ‘Chicago’ school of Economics (A.K.A. ‘Freshwater’ school). It was delicious. There were even interviews with all the Chicago big-wigs; they smugly defended their theories (which was predictable) while every … Continue reading
The Shrill One explains why I’ve been kinda’ bummed out lately in a new must-read blog post. Let’s hope that his hopes are not in vain.
So, the wingnut rump of the Republican party seems to want to expel all the old-school Republicans, and they like to call them RINOs (Republicans In Name Only). What should people call the non-RINO Republicans? Well, according to my friend … Continue reading