Archive for the 'Politics' Category

Image of the Day: “Cone of Fail”

Monday, August 18th, 2008

Ha.
You’ll have to click here to see the image.
Source: American Elephant.

Obama’s Top Marginal Tax Rate

Monday, August 18th, 2008

Ouch. Harvard economics professor Greg Mankiw has the bad news, thanks to Bob Carroll

Byron York on the Saddleback Civil Forum on the Presidency

Sunday, August 17th, 2008

Byron York has more good points on the Saddleback Civil Forum on the Presidency on National Review Online. Worth a read.

Obama: When life begins is “above his pay grade”

Sunday, August 17th, 2008

Obama says the question of when babies obtain human rights is “above his pay grade.” This has to be one of the very most ill-advised things any major candidate has said, thus far in the election cycle. Even aside from the fact that it probably unsettles people throughout the spectrum of opinions on abortion, it’s [...]

Too Much to Ask?

Saturday, August 16th, 2008

Could we really see Obama nominate Senator John Kerry for Vice President? That seems too much to hope for, but it would make life much more entertaining over the next few weeks.

Dean on Racial and Gender Diversity

Saturday, August 16th, 2008

Howard Dean says non-whites and women are more successful in the Democratic Party than “in the white, uh, excuse me, in the [laughs] Republican party.” It’s hard to say whether or not that’s true, of course, given the (recent) historical preference of those groups for the DNC over the GOP, which also frequently results in [...]

Journalism =/= Mathematics

Friday, August 15th, 2008

As a math major, law school grad, and economic policy wonk, I’m not sure which aspect of this stupidity by the New York Times horrifies me most. Is it: that people think we do tax at those rates, that some people think we should, that no editor caught the logical flaws before publication, or that [...]

The Greatest Threat Facing Our Country

Friday, August 15th, 2008

The single greatest threat facing the United States is probably not what you think. In the Cold War, the greatest threat was that of an all-out nuclear war with the Soviet Union. Most people today would probably say the risk is a terrorist attack involving WMDs. In our worst nightmares, we tend to picture a [...]

The Bar Exam, Post-Mortem

Saturday, August 2nd, 2008

Well, we made it to the other side of the Texas bar exam intact. That was not a particularly fun experience. When taking the bar, a person definitely reaches a point where he knows very little law, knows this, and just can’t fit any more in his head without forcing out something truly important, like [...]

Dobbs Finally Completely Loses It

Friday, June 20th, 2008

Lou Dobbs has, apparently, finally flipped. He thinks Bush should be impeached for the recent salmonella outbreak.
Hat tip: Power Line.