J. P. Freire
Politicians and bureaucrats in the European Union were treated to a verbal lashing for their cronyism and anti-entrepreneurism by Michael O’Leary, CEO of airline RyanAir, at a conference held by the EU on “innovation.” The CEO started his remarks tearing…
I’ve taken to aggreggating a list of all the tributes and obituaries for Hitchens, rather than post them all on Facebook to friends who were no doubt getting bludgeoned with it. Feel free to tweet at me (or post in…
It’s a tragedy whenever it happens, but that it is allowed to happen is especially tragic: Mr. Bloomberg said that Officer Figoski, who had worked for the Police Department for 22 years, and his partner, Glenn Estrada, had interrupted a…
Today (Dec. 6) is the feast day of St. Nicholas. Jolly Old St. Nick, or Santa Claus, was a Greek bishop who lived in Myra, Lycia, and was known for great charity — but his charity was made possible thanks…
I didn’t think much of accusations “against” news columnist Ezra Klein that he had briefed some Senate Democratic aides. I thought that, being a pundit, Klein did that kind of thing all the time. I don’t think there’s anything wrong…
Those perceptive Canadians notice that a disparity of income isn’t the only thing that separates protesters from the so-called one percent. This hilarious quote is reported by Mark Schatzker of The Globe and Mail who interviewed protesters: “It’s weird protesting…
A new home lending “revamp” has been announced by the Obama administration, but it already looks like it’s going to be a disaster. How would it work? Just ask an upper middle class family about all the cool things they…
Suzy Khimm of the Washington Post deserves special praise for noting just how much conservatives have done to keep taxes on the poor low (even if it is just to accuse them of hypocrisy). While covering Erick Erickson’s “I am…
Given that Kanye has popped up at the Occupy Wall Street protest wearing, of all things, a gold chain and an expensive designer shirt, I couldn’t resist:
Meghan McCain, daughter of Sen. John McCain, actually hired a lawyer to send a “cease and desist letter” to a blogger who had written (fairly obvious) parodies of her. And lo, this is the response she elicited from Christopher Scott Badeaux,…
