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January 2, 2013
Israeli Buffet
Next … the Easter bunny. #JewsToBlameForEverything
A Question for Gun Control Liberals
How can you support gun control and oppose stop-and-frisk? Seriously, how otherwise do you imagine that get-tough rules on illegal handguns would ever be enforced?
Israel's Unnecessarily Provocative Position
Michael Koplow draws some important lessons from the recent clash between Israeli diplomats and Israeli politicians, to which I'll add a PS:
January 1, 2013
Welcome to the Fiscal Mountain
Still not certain we'll get a tax cut bill passed. Nothing yet on spending. A debt ceiling issue that won't be going away anytime soon. Unemployment that must not be tolerated to linger far above historical norms. A Eurozone that forever threatens to pull the world's economy underwater. States increasingly facing debt burdens that threaten insolvency. And on top of it all, we can't pass a basic budget.
Don't Let a Deal Die in the House
Last night's hastily assembled fiscal cliff tax deal may well die in the House due to powerful opposition from the GOP's conservative wing. Maybe I'm just young, but it's supposed to work in the other direction, no? (There is no House filibuster). Do remember that several prominent conservatives are urging the deal's passage through the House.
December 31, 2012
I Hate Extraverts
Hate is such a strong word, but Alan Jacobs nails it with this rant about the follies of group productivity.
Guns in America, Ctd.
Two teenagers are dead, the mother of one of the teens wounded, after a dispute with their 74-year-old landlord about snow removal and parking in Bangor, Maine.
Time to Toot Horn for George HW Bush
My CNN column honors President George HW Bush.
American Exceptionalism: Healthcare Spending on the Elderly
Austin Frakt says this chart "dilated my pupils:"
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