As Washington again reminds us of the problems with a government of men, and not angels, Talkeetna, Alaska may have found a reasonable earthly compromise. Their mayor is a cat named Stubbs. From the Wall Street Journal: There are no formal surveys, but the mayor’s approval ratings seem high. “He hasn’t voted for anything I …
The second half of this article, “5 Things the GOP Needs to Keep Doing,” will be featured exclusively in the next edition of Pocket Full of Liberty’s newsletter. So sign up in order to read it! 1. They need to stop defending big business and big unresponsive government and defend the little guy. The GOP needs to fight …
Malala Yousafzai did not become the youngest person to win the Nobel Peace Prize at age 16. Her many admirers around the globe are undoubtedly disappointed that the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons received the award instead of her. Regardless of what the Norwegian Nobel Committee decided to do, conservatives can and should …
It’s been a week of head to desk moments. From the pearl clutching of the GOP beltway class to the churlish way in which the Obama administration has handled the shutdown, it’s almost like I want to send Jules Winnfield to pay everybody a visit and start quoting Tarantino’s version of Ezekiel 25:17. With that …
When Mike wrote about the minimum wage several weeks ago, he was set upon by several people who claimed he lacked “empathy” for low income workers because he argued against raising said minimum wage. Their addled brains came to the absurd conclusion that since Mike did not agree with a particular public policy that it …
Compassion Is Reflected In Your Checkbook, Not The Politician You SupportRead More »
The Obama era has been one of sweeping change, just as we were promised. To think: in 2008 we didn’t have a massive, unfunded entitlement predicated on a supposedly free people being coerced into buying a product they may not have any use for, and that almost certainly will cost them more money – if …
Obama Administration to Those Affected by Shutdown: Screw YouRead More »
There is a strange meme going around since the health insurance exchanges opened up on October 1st — albeit it has been around before then. Apparently under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), people are provided various products and services for “free.” The one example being trumpeted most loudly is this bizarre notion that women are …
More Obamacare Reality: Free Birth Control? Wrong.Read More »
In the midst of a government shutdown, the ACA exchanges open to much fanfare and success. Well, actually, no they didn’t. CNN and MSNBC tried all day to get them to work and could not sign up on live television. People browsing often couldn’t access the site or proceed through the process. They tried to …
Covered California: Obamacare And Reality CollideRead More »
The current government “shutdown” (which I will heretofore refer to as a “slowdown,” because that’s all it really is) has inspired a number of assorted thoughts on which I thought I’d elaborate below. 1. The American political system is working. Michael Barone made this same point earlier this week. This is precisely the system that …
God Bless Ted Cruz for trying. I don’t think I’d have the patience to explain what should be common sense about Obamacare – not just once, but over and over again. Keep it up, Senator.