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Relevance: 9% Posted on: October 14, 2014
A funny thing happened on the way to Medicaid expansion in Virginia: it didn’t happen. Governor Terry McAuliffe demanded expansion. The Washington Post and other state-worshiping media outlets insisted on its passage. The Post explained, “there remains only one reasonable solution: Republicans must ultimately compromise on expanding Medicaid.” But Republican…
Relevance: 9% Posted on: August 26, 2014
I am still not very confident about what really happened regarding the shooting of Mr. Brown on the streets of Ferguson, Missouri. For all I know, the events went down somewhat along the lines as the police say. But Ferguson’s police department has been so incompetent about investigating, collating and…
Relevance: 9% Posted on: June 30, 2015
The Missouri General Assembly ended its 2015 legislative session about a month ago. This is the state body designed to represent people in towns like Ferguson, which recently convulsed with conflict — protests, rioting — over the shooting of an unarmed (but, we found out, quite aggressive) young black man…
Relevance: 9% Posted on: October 21, 2014
Many politicians prove themselves nothing better than powerful arguments for term limits. But Arkansas State Senator Jon Woods rivals the very best of them. Sen. Woods (R-Springdale) and State Rep. Warwick Sabin (D-Little Rock) co-authored a 22-page, 7,000-plus-word constitutional amendment that voters will find on this November’s state ballot. If…
Relevance: 9% Posted on: December 8, 2018
Paul Jacob “The D.C. Council gave final approval this week to a measure decriminalizing Metro fare evasion,” The Washington Post reports, “paving the way for fare-jumping to become a civil offense punishable by a $50 fine in the District.” Talk about stopping crime in its tracks. Jumping the turnstile to ride…
Relevance: 9% Posted on: June 2, 2015
Early last Wednesday evening jurors communicated to the judge that they were split on a number of the charges against Dr. Annette Bosworth. And yet later that night they found her guilty on all counts. All twelve felony counts. She’s the South Dakota physician who filed several hundred nominating petitions…
Relevance: 8% Posted on: November 26, 2015
Thank you. It’s Thanksgiving, a good day to say so. What a great idea for a holiday — a thoroughly American one, unpretentious and unspoiled. Centered on family and friends, the day may be the most important of the year, something we all share, in no small part because it…
Relevance: 8% Posted on: August 20, 2013
The left’s war on Walmart ramped up a notch a few weeks ago, when a higher-up in the Bentonville, Arkansas, company let loose with an email defending the big box store’s wage policies. As reported at The Daily Beast, Steve Restivo, “a senior director of communications at Walmart,” took umbrage…
Relevance: 8% Posted on: March 24, 2015
Big government rests upon myths, and the people who support it necessarily believe things about politics and society — and themselves — that simply aren’t true. This week, a new report from the Government Accountability Office shows just who benefits from federal crop insurance subsidies: big businesses, billionaires, and the…
Relevance: 8% Posted on: November 26, 2009
Paul Jacob says “Thank You” What a difference a year makes. As I sit down to my Thanksgiving Day feast, that's what I'm thinking. And I certainly know I have a whole lot to be thankful for. Let me start by thanking you. For caring about freedom and justice. For…