Operative B doesn’t have too many bad ideas, but this is a doozy. Don’t get Ghettoputer started on freedom of speech, and don’t get GorT going on the technical aspects of this. Actually, that’s probably why B wrote to the … Continue reading →
Nothing says class like Hello Kitty Gentle Readers, Dr. J. woke up Sunday Morning to this piece on Fox and Friends. Washington D.C. who has had a fairly unregulated tattoo industry felt the need to catch up with the times … Continue reading →
Get thee to Vermont! …but your wife or domestic life partner can’t. In two separate news articles, employees of the University of Virginia and the United Parcel Service hear the ‘other shoe dropping’ as their 2014 benefits have been announced. … Continue reading →
Over at the sunnier climes of Professor Mondo, the great professor was highlighting how the President’s speech on Friday has been offending just about everybody given that it was a blatant ripoff of the already debunked and derided Professor Warren … Continue reading →
“You and the Naboo form a symbiont circle. What happens to one of you will affect the other. You must understand this.” – Obi-Wan Kenobi, Star Wars I: The Phantom Menace On Monday, Dr. J. was riding shotgun with Pa … Continue reading →
This article is at the intersection of Education & Health, and on the kids side of town, so you knew Dr. J. was going to have to comment on it. Published in the journal Pediatrics about two weeks ago, it … Continue reading →
Here is another outrageous example of government regulation stifling economic growth (h/t Drudge, of course). The short version is that a commercial fisherman from New Bedford, in the People’s Republic of Massachusetts caught an 881 pound bluefin tuna in his … Continue reading →
Your Mandarin would like to take a moment to provide an important public service announcement and award the coveted Boot in the Gut™ award. Apparently water does not provide the health benefits that we have all been led to believe … Continue reading →
The New York Times today published a house editorial praising the Environmental Protection Agency for crippling American competitiveness. That’s not actually what the writers said, but the effect of their words are indistinguishable. The EPA issued a regulation requiring power … Continue reading →
Your Mandarin has discovered an article by Aaron Klein on the WorldNetDaily web site that outlines regulatory Czar Cass Sunstein’s belief that President Obama, not the courts, should interpret the law. This would probably work if Obama were a dictator … Continue reading →
The Fed has rolled out new regulations today to save consumers from evil, bad, naughty mortgages and home equity loans. Interestingly, the Hon. Richard Posner, Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals judge by day, U. Chicago law school lecturer by night, … Continue reading →
Maybe invest with these guys (article via FotG, Dancin’ David Frum), who claim that in the 11,000 or so trading days since 1965, the market has risen fifty times higher on days when Congress is not in session. While that’s … Continue reading →
Pennsyltucky has enacted a law mandating that electric utilities cut overall electricity usage by May 31, 2011. This law is so misguided on so many levels, it’s difficult to know where to start. First, Pennsyltucky is really telling Pennsyltuckians that … Continue reading →
‘Puter agrees (mostly) with The OEV’s post below. To clarify ‘Puter’s position a bit, this new-found government focus on elimiation of moral hazard certainly changes the rules of the game, making taxpayers implicit guarantors of private equity’s risks. We all … Continue reading →
