An Idiot in the “World’s Greatest Deliberative Body”

I really dislike using the word “idiot.” This is supposed to be a civil forum. But what better description is there? First it was the bridge to nowhere; and now this. For you wishful thinkers: does this do anything to alter your trust in government? Just curious.

No Clothes?

I am no fan of Newsweek. It frequently gets a lot wrong; but to the extent that this story about our president is accurate, it is quite distressing. Bruce Barlett weighs in here.

Economic Development or Self-Promotion

Does this sound familiar?

One in Three New Yorkers on Medicaid?

Yep.
Jane Galt writes:
As you may or may not know, the states set the level of Medicaid spending, but the Feds match the states dollar for dollar. New York State decided that a good way to soak up extra Federal money was to require the local governments to match the state, dollar for dollar. Since the [...]

Women’s Work

A federal judge has ruled that a sex-discrimination suit against Wal-Mart Stores can proceed as a class action, which could lead to a huge loss for the megastore. Up to 1.6 million women could join the class action, and at a few thousand apiece it could cost Wal-Mart billions.
Baltimore trial lawyer Peter Angelos made [...]

A Tax With No Revenue?

There are many things to appreciate about America’s decentralized, federalist system. One is the fact that we can all learn from the mistakes of another state or local government without having to bear the bad consequences. Arizonans, Texans and Coloradoans, for example, have benefited from New Mexico’s experiment in socialism-lite. They have [...]

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