It’s Not An Health Insurance Mandate, It’s A Tax !

In Court filings the Obama Administration is arguing that the health insurance mandate is a tax, and if they’re right the legal challenges to ObamaCare are dead.

Joe Biden Fined $219K for Campaign Violations

Biden got hammered by the FEC for violating campaign finance rules. A big fining deal?

Republicans: Agenda ? We Don’t Need No Stinking Agenda

Some Republicans seem to think they don’t need to put forward any actual ideas in order to win November.

The Coming Republican Crackup

Will a debate over foreign policy tear apart the GOP ? Probably not.

Why Dan Reihl Should Stop Being A Jerk

Too many conservatives forget Ronald Reagan’s dictum that “somebody who agrees with you 80% of the time is an 80% friend not a 20% enemy.”

Ruling Class Elites

A bizarre rant in American Spectator contains some interesting thoughts about the nature of America’s political elite.

Unpaid Internships Unfair, Just Like Life!

Unpaid internships aren’t education and give kids of wealthy, well connected parents even more advantages. Should we get rid of them?

The Inevitable Barack Obama Comeback

Reports of Barack Obama’s political death are greatly exaggerated and wildly premature.

Is Academic Publishing BS?

Most academic journal articles are unreadable dreck. So, why are we demanding that more of them be produced?

Sarah Palin: Hot In The GOP, Not So Hot In America

When it comes to opinions about Sarah Palin, there is a striking difference between Republicans and Americans in general.

McChrystal’s Team America

Stan McChrystal’s boys had “Team America” patches made up.

CPI Declines Again…Deflation?

The Bureau of Labor Statistics is reporting that the CPI declined 0.1% last month. This makes for the third straight month that the CPI has declined. Is there reason to think that there is widespread deflation in the economy?

Economists Can’t Define ‘Money’

Money, so they say, is the root of all evil today.

Think Progress Racist Tea Party Video a Fake

Think Progress incorporated clips of a Tea Party video of an impostor who pretended to be a member in order to discredit the movement as a racist into a video of their own to show that the movement is racist.

Obama Best Democratic President Since LBJ?

How do President Obama’s accomplishments stack up from a liberal standpoint?

Gloves Coming Off As Romney Aide Attacks Palin

The Palin and Romney camps have already started trading barbs in what could be a preview of the race for the GOP nomination in 2012.

Google Search Results Rigged?

Is Google manipulating its search results to keep competitors down? And does its market dominance mean the government should step in?

Did the Stimulus Work?

Nobody can really say whether the stimulus worked — or even define “worked” — but that doesn’t stop them from issuing pronouncements.

Obama Polling Badly Against Prospective 2012 Opponents

The results of a new poll may have President Obama worrying about 2012 already.

Did BP Help Get Lockerbie Bomber Released From Prison ?

As if the Gulf Oil Spill weren’t enough, there are now allegations that BP played a role in the release of the only man convicted in the murder of 190 Americans.

The Capital Strike Of 2010

American businesses are sitting on a big pile of cash, and giving no indication that they have any intention of spending it any time soon.

Dick Cheney Has Heart Pump Installed

Former Vice-President Cheney has apparently entered a far grimmer phase of his chronic heart problems than many realized.

Stimulus Funds Spent On Stimulus Road Signs

You’ve probably seen a lot of these signs popping up lately.

Schwarzenegger Now as Popular as Gray Davis Then

Arnold Schwarzenegger’s approval numbers are now exactly the same as Gray Davis’ numbers in August 2003, two months before he was recalled by California voters.

Pabst Blue Ribbon PBR 1844

PBR is going upscale for the Chinese market.

Blogger Personality and Word Choice

What can you learn about a blogger’s personality from his word choice?

Who Should be on TV?

Should outrageous people like Pamela Gellar be invited to spread their message on national television?

DC Highest Earning Metro Area in America

The Washington DC area has the nation’s highest incomes.

OTB Radio – Tonight at 5:30 Eastern

Topics include the state of the social contract, the terrorist attack by an al Qaeda affiliate in Uganda, claims al Qaeda is racist, and the new Black Panther Party.

High Taxes and Egalitarianism

Matt Yglesias argues that “Northern Europe is Egalitarian Because of High Taxes.” I would argue that he has his causality backwards.

Dave Weigel Calls Out Sully’s Trig Trutherism, On Sully’s Blog

Over at The Daily Dish, Dave Weigel hit the nail on the head in his criticism of Andrew Sullivan’s bizarre obsession with a two year-old infant.

Pakistan has banned content on more than a dozen websites because of offensive and blasphemous material. The Muslim country, which has laws on dress codes, ranks as the top country to proportionally search for certain sex-related terms. Pakistan has banned content on more than a dozen websites because of offensive and blasphemous material. The Muslim country, which has laws on dress codes, ranks as the top country to proportionally search for certain sex-related terms.

Pakistan Porn Search Leader

Pakistan is the world-wide leader in internet porn searches. And they have some strange tastes over there.

A Contrarian View Of The New Black Panther Case

One conservative argues that the “scandal” over the New Black Panther Party’s alleged voter intimidation is a tempest in a teapot.

Returning, Again, to Crime and the AZ Border

More decapitation talk.