My thoughts on the coming crisis, and the Washington Post’s ignorance on space policy, over at Open Market.
No Longer Feeling Sorry
…for Dick Lugar. Yes, it’s far beyond that point:
Lugar still refuses to say he will support Mourdock, still seeks to have non-Republicans decide the Republican primary, and feeds the left-wing narrative that the Tea Party just shouts.
Lugar is insulting and arrogant.
Yes, one gets that way after decades in Washington. Next up (I hope): Orrin “I want to punch libertarians in the mouth” Hatch. The feeling is mutual at this point.
[Update Monday morning]
“It’s not bipartisanship that we need, it is principle.”
If You’re Not Scared
..you haven’t read the numbers. Millions of members of the work force have simply disappeared in Obama’s depression, and they won’t be coming back until he’s gone.
Risk-Based Student Loans
An idea whose time should come. But it will be fought tooth and nail by the academic-industrial complex, to protect their phony baloney jobs.
[Update a couple minutes later]
If you’re “investing” in college, think like an investor. Unfortunately, one of the many things that kids aren’t learning in public schools is how to do that.
[Update a few minutes later]
What comes after the bubble pops?
Dreams
Your Daily Dose Of Adorable
More On The Life Of Julia
The Value Of Trial And Error
Jim Manzi has what looks to be an interesting new book
Cholesterol
The junk science. This pseudoscientific nonsense has been killing millions of people for decades.
Composite Americans
Last week, in an election campaign ad, Barack revealed his latest composite girlfriend — “Julia.” She’s worse than the old New York girlfriend. She can’t even be herself. In fact, she can’t be anything without massive assistance from Barack every step of the way, from his “Head Start” program at the age of three through to his Social Security benefits at the age of 67. Everything good in her life she owes to him. When she writes her memoir, it will be thanks to a subvention from the Federal Publishing Assistance Program for Chronically Dependent Women but you’ll love it: Sweet Dreams from My Sugar Daddy. She’s what the lawyers would call “non composite mentis.” She’s not competent to do a single thing for herself — and, from Barack’s point of view, that’s exactly what he’s looking for in a woman, if only for a one-night stand on a Tuesday in early November.
There’s a lot more.