Year: 2021
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Education
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Unyielding
Senate adopts Dems’ budget on party-line vote, setting stage to push through $3.5T bill
In the House some progressives have conditioned their support for the bipartisan bill on the Senate passing the reconciliation package, giving Democratic…
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Economy
NYT contributor/econ prof wants anti-vaxxers to pay their own hospital bill if they get COVID
You might guess from the description that the columnist in question is the eminent Paul Krugman, but you'd be wrong.…
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Media
In comparing Andrew Cuomo to other ‘sinners’, libs overlook 800-pound gorilla in room
Andrew Cuomo is on his way out as governor of New York. It became official yesterday with his typically long-winded…
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National Security
Russia, China holding joint mil exercise; Western and Chinese media characterize it differently
Talking points versus reality in the struggle to define the terms of geopolitics.
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Education
Oregon abolishes academic standards in the name of ‘equity’ and antiracism
Plumbing the depths of low expectations.
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Law and Government
Cuomo resigns!
If you were betting that New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo would hang tough till the very end — that he…
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Religion
Federal court blocks Biden mandate that doctors perform trans surgeries against conscience
The Biden administration appealed the more recent North Dakota ruling in April, court filings showed, pitting Becerra against the religious Sisters of…
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Politics
House candidate: People who don’t take COVID seriously should be shot
This now curiously seems to be a mantra among members of the party that routinely preaches total gun control up…
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Unyielding
Calls for ‘unAmerican’ soccer star Megan Rapinoe to be ‘canceled’ from ‘Subway’ ads
Apparently, the sword wielded by cancel culturists cuts both ways.
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Law and Government
Chutzpah alert: Fleeing Texas Dems sue Gov. Abbott for emotional distress
The simple reality is that neither Greg Abbott nor any of the other defendants named in the suit forced the…
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Unyielding
‘If I weren’t as sure as I am that he will be impeached, I would leave’: Cuomo staffer
'That culture also influenced the improper and inadequate ways in which the Executive Chamber has responded to allegations of harassment.'
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Entertainment
Pelosi didn’t make the cut when Obama’s birthday bash was downsized, and she’s livid
A good time wasn’t had by all. One of the originally invited guests to Barack Obama’s sixtieth birthday party who…
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National Security
One (maritime) perspective on U.S. military losing the next fight to China (Part II)
Sampling the parameters of information vulnerability.
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Unyielding
‘Every Dem should be ashamed’: GOP leaders demand Pelosi bring House back to solve renter crisis
The ERA was introduced to help delinquent renters pay off debt and avoid eviction. Democrats have blocked efforts to have Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen…
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Education
Know what else is racist? A 70-ton boulder
How, you might ask, were generations of students aggrieved by a minor detail in a story published nearly 100 years…
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Politics
What if they gave a rally, and nobody came?
These have to be dark days for New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
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Law and Government
Ohio Judges reject Biden administration moratorium on evictions
Judges start weighing in on eviction moratorium Biden has already acknowledged to be on shaky ground.
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Law and Government
Biden admin approves rule forcing companies to hire minority, LGBTQ+ execs
Commissioners Elad Roisman and Hester Peirce, voted against the proposal. While they both affirmed the importance of diversity, they argued that part…
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Science and Technology
Biden more confused than usual: Blame it on the tan suit
Joe Biden would have done well yesterday to heed that admonition. He didn't, and he suffered two flubs in the…
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Law and Government
How secure is New York’s vaccine passport app? If you’re Mickey Mouse, very
Last Tuesday, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio proudly announced that the city would become the nation's first to…
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Business
Biden’s eviction ban is illegal, unfair, and economically destructive
Tactical misuse of power to do what you can get away with.
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Law and Government
Cuomo accuser files criminal complaint with Albany Sheriff’s Office
Unsurprisingly, a spokesman for the governor denied that either incident occurred. Rita Glavin, Cuomo’s attorney, said the governor 'never groped…
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Quick Takes
VIDEO: Biden — ‘I stumbled over myself here.’ No duh.
He read aloud the names with all the confidence of a patient with seriously impaired vision struggling to make out…
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Social Issues
Pervy Joe given one job to do — stop sniffing kids — and he blew it
Readers may recall that then-former Vice President Biden said in a video message in April of 2019 that he would…
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Unyielding
Open thread (8/6/21)
In her brilliant explanation of Kamala Harris’s low polling numbers, “The View’s” Joy Behar also complains about a “bombardment of…
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Foreign Affairs
12 years after ‘Fast and Furious,’ Mexico sues U.S. gun makers for facilitating weapons flow to cartels
An Obama-era theme comes to life again.
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Politics
‘Remove Ron’ fantasizes a DeSantis-Trump clash
It’s no surprise that the Remove Ron donation platform is ActBlue — the Democrats’ comprehensive grass-roots donor site.
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Unyielding
Powerful union boss Richard Trumka dies unexpectedly
'The working people of America have lost a fierce warrior,' a teary-eyed Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said during brief…
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