The Stopped Clock

Political discussion and ranting, premised upon the fact that even a stopped clock is right twice a day.

Tuesday, March 25, 2014

Marc Thiessen, as Usual, Gets Things Completely Wrong

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I suspect Marc Thiessen's intelligence is no worse than average, but he's certainly not afraid to look stupid : Politicians and com...
Sunday, March 16, 2014

Robert Samuelson Fudges More Numbers

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Robert Samuelson is expressing skepticism about the success of the stimulus: There’s the puzzle: monster stimulus, midget recovery. How t...
Thursday, March 13, 2014

Robert Samuelson's Fudgy Numbers

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You can count on two things from Robert Samuelson: Arguments that any amount of social spending is too much, and arguments that any amount ...
Saturday, March 08, 2014

The Senate Embarrasses Itself

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Ruth Marcus has this right : For Republicans to block one of President Obama’s nominees is dog-bites-man non-news. For members of the presi...
Thursday, March 06, 2014

How About Taking Responsibility For the Medications You Take

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Ruth Marcus seems oblivious to the fact that sedating medications, including Ambien, are frequently abused. [Kerry] Kennedy may have taken...
Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Has Thomas Friedman Learned His Lesson?

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Or at least, a lesson ? That was then (if you're impatient, skip ahead to 2:24): This is now: Today, Obama’s critics say he must do ...

Things That Never Happened

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Kathleen Parker prevaricates , When Jindal ran for governor in 2007, opponents frequently noted that his first name is Piyush. Democrats me...

Inadequate Funding of Defense Experts

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The New York Times has taken note of a 28-year-old case in which the defense, given only $1,000 to hire an expert witness, hired an inadeq...
Tuesday, January 21, 2014

What Does it Mean to "Win" a War

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Master Sgt. Sean Lulofs, USAF (Ret.) argues, Our nation has not won a war since World War II. I think America is unwilling to win a war. ...
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Sunday, January 19, 2014

Soldiers Dying in Vain

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Commenting on the story, "Lone Survivor," Jim Gourley takes on the conventional wisdom , that it should never be suggested that a...
Saturday, November 30, 2013

Sorry, No, Pseudo-Conscription is Still a Bad Idea

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Dana Milbank has jumped onto the bandwagon of those who think that the cure for "kids these days" is some form of conscription. A...

Don't Confuse High Stakes Testing With High Expectations

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Frank Bruni recently expressed concern, in the usual hackneyed terms, that kids these days are "coddled". Some sports give trophi...
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Monday, November 25, 2013

How New York City Views the World

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I kid Fred Wilson, but I did see an element of the NYC-centered worldview in his comment , A smartphone can get you a ride but a car can...
Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Reactions to the Healthcare.gov "Obamacare" Website

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I am not particularly sympathetic to the finger-pointing by the healthcare.gov contractors, that HHS should have left more time for testing...
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Monday, November 11, 2013

A Fourth Year of Law School?

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Cardozo Law Professor Edward Zelinsky is taking some well-deserved ribbing for his suggestion that law school should be expanded to a fo...
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Thursday, October 24, 2013

Microsoft... Still Doesn't Get It

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A Microsoft executive, Frank Shaw's, attempt to poke Apple has gained some attention, Note: If you are the TL;DR type, let me cut to t...
Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Ed Rogers Is Terrified That Obamacare will Succeed

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Ed Rogers, one of the Washington Post's political demagogues blogging in the PostPartisan (get it?) section of their website, blathers ...
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Monday, October 21, 2013

Senator Jim Inhofe, Dishonest, Irresponsible Demagogue

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I see that Jim Inhofe is lying about ObamaCare . Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-OK) told the radio station WABC on Sunday he may not have been granted ...
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Monday, October 14, 2013

The (Non-)Political (Non-)Persection of JPMorgan Chase

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The Washington Post tells us what some conspiracy theorists have to say about the prosecution of JPMorgan Chase for the London Whale fiasc...
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