David Frum's Blog, page 129

Bill O'Reilly Compares Jesus to MLK Jr.

News at 8: Bill O'Reilly abjures the Nicene Creed.

This is how Delta Air Lines Treats Disabled Veterans

Marine veteran Christian Brown was "'humiliated' to the point of tears on a Delta flight from Atlanta to Washington." To make things worse, even after several veterans and other passengers attempted to help, they were rebuffed by the Delta crew. Horrible:

End the Deduction for State and Local Taxes

National Review's editors would rather end the deduction for state and local taxes than increase rates.

Religious Liberty in a Marriage Equality Society

Thomas Berg notes some of the concerns same-sex marriage presents to religious liberty beyond mere disputes about gay and lesbian couples being married in churches:

Who Gets Blamed if We Go Over the Cliff?

You guessed it!

Preventing a Revolt in the GOP House

Conservatives can breath a quiet sigh of relief after reading Robert Costa's column on the Boehner-Ryan relationship, which portends to stability for the House GOP caucus. Despite grumblings from the fiscal fringe, signs point to Boehner keeping his hold on the GOP's sole majority in Washington DC.

We've Found the Origins of Cheese!

Cheese-making has been around for over seven millenia, and the Wall Street Journal is on it:

The Will of the People

Louisiana Rep. Steve Scalise, who is set to become the chair of the House Study Committee (replacing Rep. Jim Jordan), has an interview up at the Financial Times declaring he'd rather fly off the fiscal cliff than cut a deal. Or, as he put it, “A bad deal would be worse than no deal at all." Scalise goes on to claim a mandate from the people:

Doomsday Conservatives: Too Many Hormones, Too Little Plan

Washington Post columnist Marc Thiessen yesterday urged Republicans to repeat the tactics of summer 2011, and once again threaten to force a default on the obligations of the United States.

Odyssean Advice from the Federal Reserve

Yglesias cheers Charles Evans, President of the Chicago branch of the Federal Reserve, for proposing a shift in the Fed's approach to handling the economy: