The Stopped Clock

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

Sunday, May 18, 2014

Google and Apple vs. the Patent Trolls

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With Apple and Google settling their patent disputes, some have noted that the two companies are now teaming up to urge legal reforms direc...

I Don't Remember President Rumsfeld

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In a column that reminds me of David Brooks' efforts to put a nominally independent spin on right-wing talking points, Ross Douthat cr...
Sunday, May 04, 2014

The WSJ Editorial Page Embarrasses Itself Again

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It amazes me that newspapers like the Wall Street Journal remain wedded to the Peter Principle, insisting upon promoting the weakest of thi...
Tuesday, April 22, 2014

George Will's False Constitutional Dichotomy

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George Will offered a recent lecture on the U.S. Constitution in an editorial that falls victim to one of Will's trademark logical fall...
Sunday, April 20, 2014

In Your Face, Tomasky

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While commenting on Paul Krugman's academic salary , which is lower than one might expect, Michael Tomasky uses the salaries at the Un...
Tuesday, April 01, 2014

Healthcare.gov and Human Nature

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It's an unfair generalization, but when I look at the traffic that took down a defective healthcare.gov website on its first day, and t...

Paul Ryan's Buget Appeal to the April Fools

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I see Paul Ryan picked an approropriate day to release his (and by "his" I mean something created by others then handed to him as...
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...
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