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Category Archives: National
The War on Poverty at 50
NRO has an online symposium on “The War on Poverty at 50“, which features brief blurbs from various scholars. Here’s Charles Murray: The pair of statistics about the War on Poverty that should get the most publicity are these: In … Continue reading
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Happy 50th!
Happy 50th birthday, War On Poverty! Here’s to 50 more!
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NSA Building Computer to Crack All Encryption
Scary shit…. that keeps on gettin’ scarier.
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The Lucky Sperm Club: Jews and M&A
On PBS’s site, John Weir Close writes on “The Lucky Sperm Club: Jews, M&A and the Unlocking of Corporate America“. PBS’s Paul Solman first provides this intro: “Since 1975, the US economy has been transformed in ways that are not … Continue reading
CA Supreme Ct: Illegal Immigrants Can Get Law License
One step closer to their being absolutely no difference between a U.S. citizen and an illegal alien living in the U.S.: Citing a new state law allowing illegal immigrants to get their law licenses, the California Supreme Court on Thursday … Continue reading
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Retired Illinois Teachers Sue Over Pension Overhaul
Illinois, like California, will eventually crater due to fiscal collapse, the latter being due to public sector union pension obligations. From a recent story: CHICAGO – A group of Illinois school administrators and retired teachers filed a class-action lawsuit Friday … Continue reading
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CA as Predictor of America: Pt. 391,288
As I get older, I find myself disliking cops more and more. The vast majority of them go through their whole careers never once firing their gun. Many of them today are the muscle-head jocks of high school who get … Continue reading
Diversity Prompts Increased Racial Isolation
The AP has a story called “Diversity Prompts Increased Racial Isolation”, which uses the CA town of Watsonville as the microcosm of California writ large and, eventually, America writ large: Spanish is spoken in most homes and businesses in town, … Continue reading
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War on Christmas: Pt. 349,114
I just saw a JC Penney ad on TV, with Blake Shelton singing “Silent Night”. While I’ve yet to see any commentary on it, the producers of the ad have Blake skip (or otherwise delete out of the performance) a … Continue reading
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Pierson: Self-Proclaimed Socialist
A Google News search for “Karl Pierson socialist” (without the quotation marks) retrieves a paltry 10 hits, 40% of which is conservative commentary. From the LA Times piece that is one of the hits: CENTENNIAL, Colo. – Carrying a shotgun, … Continue reading