Apparently, my "dynamic duo of demagoguery," Newt Gingrich and Sarah Palin, will have to make room for a third party, sacrificing their alliteration and becoming an "unholy trinity." According to a report last night from Associated Press Writer Laurie Kellman, House Republican from Minnesota Michelle Bachmann wants in on the game and seems to be getting her way: ...

After having just given a paper at a conference I enjoy the freedom of having my evenings off. I keep thinking I should be doing something and then I realise that, no, I don’t have to do anything but watch House M.D. and episode after episode of it. And then I did a little YouTube search on Hugh Laurie and it all came together… here is what I found and mind you this is exactly the ...

Brian Wesbury and Robert Stein, Forbes (and is the government part of the problem?): When it comes to income inequality, conventional wisdom says that it's been getting worse for a long time. Productivity is going up, but middle-class incomes are stagnating. The rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer. You've heard it over and over again. Many free-market economists have ...

X-Posted from: A few years ago, I was shot at close range and seriously injured. The .45 caliber bullet failed to end my life as intended. It's journey confirmed a basic law of physics that two things cannot occupy the same space at the same time. As the projectile rattled around, making twists and turns through bone and flesh, it did a remarkable amount of damage. Its course started at my ...

... done every year. Ignore the new guidelines! As for the pap smears, the new guidelines are "responsible and reasonable." So, there you have it! NOT AFRAID TO BE SERVICEY! Shall we commence with the demagoguery? Healy sort of begs off, saying only that the task force involved does public policy modeling and has no experience with "hands on patient care." She says that ...

... to the Senate Dems who voted to allow debate to begin on health care reform (would have been reprehensible to vote no, not that that's stopped some of them in the past...now, just have the little demagoguery and debate show, go to reconciliation and GET THIS DONE!!)... ...and yes, I realize this is a rather shameless plug for an X-box game, but I like the game and the song is pretty cool too ...