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Chicago Is Detroit Is California Is Greece

Posted on April 5, 2015 by Lawrence Person

National Journal has a piece up by moderate lefty John B. Judis on all the problems plaguing Chicago. Perhaps more than any other major city in America, Chicago is facing a truly grave set of problems—problems that are essentially more … Continue reading →

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Privilege Theory and Progressive Antisemitism

Posted on April 4, 2015 by Lawrence Person

Once upon a time, American anti-antisemitism was seen as a bastion of the poorly-educated nativist right. (This was never entirely true, as quotas limiting Jewish admissions were imposed at many Ivy league universities in the 1920s, and Father Coughlin, perhaps … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for March 20, 2015

Posted on March 20, 2015 by Lawrence Person

Another Friday, another LinkSwarm. There’s almost enough news here to break out a separate “UK child rape cover-up update,” but I found the idea too depressing… UK Police told not to investigate child rape in Sheffield, which was “bigger than … Continue reading →

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Maureen Dowd Smacks Hillary

Posted on March 15, 2015 by Lawrence Person

Maureen Dowd, a deeply uneven writer, is never more interesting than when she’s taking down hubris-swollen Democrats, especially if their last names happen to be Clinton. This is manifestly true of her most recent column, an open letter to Hillary. … Continue reading →

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Texas vs. California Update for March 12, 2015

Posted on March 12, 2015 by Lawrence Person

Time for another Texas vs. California update: In a worst-case scenario, CalSTARS and CalPERS might need an additional $50 billion a year between them to stay solvent. If you haven’t taken a look at my piece on Stockton’s latest boondoggle, … Continue reading →

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NRA Forces Obama To Cry Uncle on AR-15 Ammo Ban

Posted on March 11, 2015 by Lawrence Person

Well, that didn’t take long: The National Rifle Association (NRA) was instrumental in stalling the Obama Administration’s initial attempt to ban commonly used ammunition for the most popular rifle in America, the AR-15. The announcement that the Bureau of Alcohol, … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for March 6, 2105

Posted on March 6, 2015 by Lawrence Person

Welcome to Friday! With so much being written about Hillary Clinton’s secret email server (well, secret to mere peasants like you and me, if not foreign governments…) and the King v. Burwell ObamaCare hearings, I didn’t include anything on them … Continue reading →

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#HillaryAfterDark: A Triptych

Posted on March 5, 2015 by Lawrence Person

So Hillary Clinton dropped a late night tweet to address the private email server controversy, which inspired the #HillaryAfterDark tag. Which, in turn, inspired me to go way, way off the reservation: "I thirst for the agony of the innocent. … Continue reading →

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Texas vs. California Update for February 26, 2015

Posted on February 26, 2015 by Lawrence Person

Time for another Texas vs. California roundup: CalPERS believes that it has police powers to seize property to sell to support public employee pensions. “It is hard to imagine a bigger or more blatant example of collusion between business interests … Continue reading →

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“You are blocked from following @AlecBaldwin”

Posted on February 25, 2015 by Lawrence Person

Keith Olbermann was given a Twitter-induced suspension by his employer ESPN over insulting Penn State students for a pediatric cancer fundraiser (of all things) this week. While noting my own little dust-up with Olbermann, I observed that it was high … Continue reading →

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