While regular readers here know that I’m a libertarian (or, more precisely, an Objectivist) rather than a conservative, I still mostly shy away from social issues, especially to the extent that my more conservative readers and friends will be unnecessarily…

From the brilliant folks at ThePeoplesCube.com:

Watch the video (only 6 seconds), then read this. And then this… And then this. Get the picture yet? (Hint: The NSA said they were not collecting data on Americans either.)

Hint: It starts with “D” but isn’t “Detroit” or “default”… https://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/11/us/former-detroit-mayor-kwame-kilpatrick-sentencing.html

Much has been made of the 2012 New Family Structures Study, including a blog note from my AmSpec colleague Patrick Ryan on these very pages yesterday, regarding various outcomes (educational, social, health, etc) of children raised in households with at…

LA Times columnist Michael Hiltzik argued last week that “The truth is, Americans love Obamacare.” By way of evidence, he cites polling that people like certain “benefits” of Obamacare, most of which involve redistribution of wealth to pay for your…

Even if you’re not a hockey fan, this is a thing of beauty: https://youtu.be/z-a-XPZqYIw Click on the frame icon at the bottom right to watch full-screen…

In my years of reading political polls, I have never, ever, ever seen a paragraph as wonderful as this, from a recent Public Policy Polling survey of opinions of Congress versus certain other things: Americans currently have a higher opinion…

In a speech which, for any other president and any other press corps, would have been remarkable for its mind-numbingly high words/content ratio, President Obama briefly stated that he would be happy to negotiate with Republicans over just about anything,…

As predicted and feared, CBNC is reporting that President Obama will on Wednesday nominate Janet Yellen to chair the Federal Reserve Open Market Committee. My thoughts on Yellen here: https://spectator.org/archives/2013/09/26/yellin-at-the-fed