I warned everybody. I said, “Don’t hold up Martin Bashir’s resignation as some sort of victory.” I warned that sooner or later somebody would make a comment or a statement that liberals would deem offensive and they would be demanding some kind of action, including said person be taken off the air. Well it happened. …
For people going through the exchanges, the deadline to be covered by the new year is next Monday. If one wants an insurance plan effective January 1st, s/he needs the application and enrollment forms submitted by December 23rd. The next deadline was getting one’s first premium payment in by December 31st, but now most insurers …
Obamacare’s First Payment Deadline for Consumers Has Been ExtendedRead More »
My feelings on the Ryan/Murray budget are pretty clear. You can’t polish a turd no matter how hard you try. Perhaps the most insulting portion of the budget deal is the one that hits military retirees. From CNN: The deal cuts pension cost of living raises by 1 percentage point for military retirees who aren’t disabled and …
Tom Coburn Highlights $30 Billion Wasted While Ryan/Murray Budget Hits VeteransRead More »
Chances are, if you’ve ever had the experience of attempting to purchase an automobile, you no doubt have heard a salesman say, “We’re not making any money on this deal.” We know it’s nonsense. They know that we know it’s nonsense and yet they say it anyway. It’s become part and parcel of the process …
The Ryan/Murray Budget Deal Is Terrible – Stop Trying To Say OtherwiseRead More »
You may have heard the name “R. Kelly” before. He’s a singer / rapper who has had a long career in the pop and R&B music business. He recently collaborated with Lady Gaga on a song that has generated some buzz on the pop scene. He’s also a sexual predator, according to music journalist, …
A federal judge in Utah decided that key provisions of the state’s polygamy laws are unconstitutional. It wasn’t a terribly surprising decision, though it came fairly quickly on the heels of the Supreme Court’s decision regarding gay marriage. In light of that decision, it actually makes a lot of sense. When they went ahead and …
How can conservatives and Republicans reach out to Hispanic voters in the future? In a three-part series, I’ve been attempting to answer that important question. (Here are parts one and two.) Before concluding in this third part, there are a couple of areas to address. The first is the relative success and position similarities that …
The Hispanic Vote: Part 3 – Protestant Hispanics and Woody AllenRead More »
Oops: A federal judge ruled Monday that the National Security Agency program which collects information on nearly all telephone calls made to, from or within the United States is likely to be unconstitutional. U.S. District Court Judge Richard Leon found that the program appears to run afoul of the Fourth Amendment prohibition on unreasonable searches …
Judge Says NSA Phone Collection Program Likely UnconstitutionalRead More »
On Friday, December 13th, a student at Arapahoe High School in Colorado went to school intending to shoot the school’s debate team coach and kill as many other people as possible. He was reportedly armed with a shotgun, explosives, and a machete. The usual suspects, mainly CNN’s Piers Morgan, immediately began pointing to this …
The Arapahoe High School Shooting and Gun-Control PoliticsRead More »
Back in September, I joined a multitude of other bloggers and pundits wagering a guess as to when the Federal Reserve might begin to reduce its Quantitative Easing program and buy less United States Treasury bonds and Mortgage-Backed Securities. Such a reduction in purchases is referred to as a “taper.” Like most of them, I …