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Ezra Klein: The Wise Boy
First, NBC News publishes a column online touting Hillary Clinton’s “defining moments” that included no accomplishments, and now The New Republic has come out with a veri-table love letter to liberal propagandist Ezra Klein, a/k/a Alfred E. Neuman (check out his Washington Post photo), that is equally light on … Continue reading
Posted in People, Politics
Tagged Alfred E. Neuman, big government, current events, ezra klein, liberal mind, self government
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Collective Action Without Big Government
During his second inaugural speech, Obama called for more “collective action” on the part of the American people, and in the process, knocked down a straw man by which he implied that those who disagree with him cling to a theory of individual action that is … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Healthcare, Politics
Tagged big government, collective action, current events, health insurance, ObamaCare, volunteerism
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Counterfactual Thinking
A recent Washington Post interview with economist Alan Blinder about his new book nicely illustrates liberal condescension. While discussing the effects of TARP and the stimulus bill, the Post’s reporter and Blinder questioned the reasoning ability of those who think that TARP and … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Politics
Tagged counterfactual thinking, current events, liberal mind, liberals, stimulus spending, TARP
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What Difference Does It Make?
Lance Armstrong used various drugs and blood doping to enhance his performance during his cycling career, and now we have Beyonce, singing at the presidential inauguration, using pre-recorded music to enhance her performance. Both performers have engaged in essentially the same conduct (including the … Continue reading
Posted in People, Politics
Tagged Benghazi, Beyonce, current events, cycling, Hillary Clinton, What difference does it make?
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Giving Up The Constitution
Writing in the NY Times, Louis Seidman, a constitutional law professor at Georgetown University, suggests that we give up on the Constitution, because according to him, our “insistence on obedience to the Constitution” is the cause of our “broken” government. Seidman … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
Tagged big government, constitution, current events, divided nation, government, liberal mind, liberals, self government
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Liberals Still At It
Boy, a person might think that liberals would take a break, at least during the holidays, from their muddled thinking, hypocrisy, and outright nastiness, but no such luck. For starters, the state of Colorado is busy drafting rules to require dog daycare and boarding facilities … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign Policy, People, Politics
Tagged adoption, big government, current events, dogs, gun violence, Hillary Clinton, Hollywood, liberal mind, liberals, Michael Moore
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Misrepresenting Medicare
Liberals seem to be reading from the same broken script with respect to Medicare costs. First, Ruth Marcus and Ezra Klein claim that Medicare costs are “lower than those of private insur-ers” (here and here) and now Matthew Yglesias claims that every dollar the federal govern-ment … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Healthcare, Politics
Tagged budget, current events, fiscal cliff, healthcare, liberals, Medicare, ObamaCare
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Taxing Dividends
The Costco board of directors will borrow $3.5 billion so that the company can pay a significant dividend to shareholders in December, rather than next year, before the looming tax increase on dividend income. This isn’t unusual in itself because corporations need to … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Politics
Tagged big government, current events, liberals, tax rates, taxation
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Klein Whine
Among the liberal propagandists who write for publications such as the Washington Post, Slate, and others, Ezra Klein has a soft spot in his heart for an Orwellian approach to language (i.e., distorting the meaning of words). And he’s not above … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Politics
Tagged current events, ezra klein, fiscal cliff, liberals, politics, tax rates, tax reform, taxation
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Kiss Mammograms Good-Bye
Well, now that the election is over, the authoritarians (a/k/a liberals) can turn their full attention back to healthcare and resume the task of placing 315 million Americans under the thumb of the central government. Liberals are often seen as wanting to turn America into Europe, … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Healthcare, Politics
Tagged big government, current events, healthcare, liberals, ObamaCare, price controls
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