Did Karl Rove Lose a Generation of Republicans?

James Carville has an editorial in the Financial Times, of all places, explaining "How Karl Rove lost a generation of Republicans." He's generous in noting that, "If we concluded our analysis in 2007 and confined our judgment merely to Mr Rove’s immediate electoral record, we would have no choice but to judge him a spectacular success. There is no doubt that ...

Sleeping Pill Ambien Cure for Persistent Vegetative State?

A story in yesterday's Guardian would seem to provide hope that a simple sleeping pill can revive people from a persistent vegetative state. We have always been told there is no recovery from persistent vegetative state - doctors can only make a sufferer's last days as painless as possible. But is that really the truth? Across three continents, severely brain-damaged patients ...

The New York Times Endorses Ned Lamont…

...and throws Joe Lieberman in front of the bus on the way. It's really quite a piece of work, if you take the time to read the whole thing. It's late, so I'm not going to go through all of the things The Times cites as evidence against Lieberman at the time of this writing. Perhaps I'll ...

Another Reason to Wonder if Michelle Malkin Is All That Smart

The guest blogger Allahpundit is guest blogging form Michelle and points out that today is the anniversary of Terri Schiavo's death. Allahpundit says, Michelle's Schiavo archive runs to eleven pages on Google, but for me it's this short post that resonates the most. The link to another post by Michelle points to this article by economist Steven Landsburg. In that ...

The Implosion of the Canadian Health Care System?

That is what it is looking like. Russell Roberts at Cafe Hayek points to this New York Times article that paints and interesting picture in Canada. Here are the key paragraphs, The country's publicly financed health insurance system — frequently described as the third rail of its political system and a core value of its national identity — is ...

Rhetorical Appropriation

On the whole, I like reading Michelle Malkin's blog.  I more often than not agree with her posts.  Of course, she also tends to suffer from partisan blinders and fails to point out similar faults with conservatives, although not all the time.  However, in reading this post about the plight of Haleigh Poutre there is this part of Michelle's post ...

Man Fights to Keep Stepdaughter He Beat into Coma Alive

Michael Demmons passes on word of a tragedy with some eerie similarities to the Schiavo case: AP - The photos hanging on Allison Avrett's living room wall conceal the heartache they've come to represent. [...] Most of them were taken before Avrett gave Haleigh up for adoption five years ago, long before the abusive blows that police say landed the 11-year-old ...

Michael Schiavo: “I Kept My Promise”

xlrq wonders why several of us who supported Michael Schiavo in his right to decide the fate of his wife against state action have not condemned him for his rather smug inscription on Terri Schiavo's tombstone: Schiavo's Remains Buried Amid Acrimony (AP) The burial of Terri Schiavo's cremated remains didn't bring an end to the acrimony between her husband and her family. ...

Schiavo Autopsy Shows Massive Brain Damage

Terri Schiavo was in a persistent vegetative state, would not have been able to function even if fed by mouth, and was not abused prior to her death, according to the official autopsy. As predicted, however, the Schindler family continues to charge that Michael Schiavo abused her and that she would have recovered had she been fed. Schiavo Autopsy Shows ...

Schiavo Autopsy Report to Be Released Today

The results of Terri Schiavo's autopsy will be released today, likely sparking yet another round of controversy and irresponsible charges from both sides of the debate that gripped the nation for several weeks earlier this year. Schiavo Autopsy Report to Be Released (AP) The medical examiner's office plans to release its autopsy report Wednesday on Terri Schiavo — findings her family hopes ...