From Michael Barone: It takes 47 permits and 19 government agencies to elevate a bridge that is blocking the newest supertankers in New York’s harbor. A lifeguard is fired for saving a swimmer outside his beach zone. Day care centers are required to have two sets of blocks, each with at least […]
Hail, Strikes, and Riots—a Hot Summer in France
Hopes of a good wine harvest in Burgundy have been dashed for the third summer in a row, thanks to a three-minute storm that unleashed golf ball-size hail and heavy winds to the vineyards of Cote de Beaune. A wet spring followed by a hot and sunny June had winegrowers optimistic in the region, home […]
A Taste of New England, Harley Style
Bar Harbor, Maine at dusk. Dick and I just completed another annual 1,200-mile June road trip on our Harleys. We’ve been doing this trip in June for almost 20 years with my sister and brother-in-law who live in Goode, Virginia. Dave is originally from Maine, so a visit to Bar Harbor is always in the […]
Criminal Idiocy
From “Morning Jolt” by Jim Geraghty of NRO: Speaking of justice: What recourse do we have in this evolving, growing, and maddening IRS corruption scandal? If you believe the answer is an Obama-appointed special prosecutor, Andrew McCarthy will disagree. The right answer is: impeachment of corrupt IRS officials. Says Andy: The IRS is deeply unpopular […]
Big Brother and Our Civil Liberties
Should you be concerned that U.S. law enforcement has undergone a dangerous militarization in recent years? NPR reports here that according to the ACLU, using federal funds “state and local law enforcement agencies have amassed military arsenals purportedly to wage the failed War on Drugs.” As both the ACLU and Cato Institute reported, the use […]
Political Handicap on the Golf Course
Maybe we would all be better off if Mr. Obama just stayed on the golf course. As Dana Milbank writes in The Washington Post, “Images of Obama lining up his putt undermine his attempts to play the populist, which he has done this year on unemployment insurance, the minimum wage and income-inequality.” With the growing […]
Empty Promises from the FDA
In order to make some types of organic bread, for example, it is essential to use baking soda, which is nonorganic. Today, more than 250 nonorganic products are on the list allowed by the National Organic Standards Board. Michael Potter, a founder of organic food producer Eden Foods, calls “the certified-organic label a fraud and […]
Your Mother Was Right…Stand up Straight
I, like so many people, come from a long line of bad backs. My grandfather, a fireman in Nashua, NH, was a wiry man with major back issues. I’ve battled congenital sciatica nerve problems for over 40 years. The saving grace in my life has been yoga. About 16 years ago, after needing a regime […]
Bloody Incompetence
More than 11 years after the U.S. invaded Iraq, Americans feel they have been hoodwinked and lied to. Peggy Noonan explains in the WSJ how badly the loss of life, the financial cost, the loss of prestige—through two incompetent administrations—affects the American people. What Americans want is a strong America—rich, energetic, thriving, respected. Americans are […]
VA Bonuses for the Criminally Negligent
Working for the government is not like working for the private sector, says Jonah Goldberg, editor-at-large of National Review Online. Unlike the private sector, where people lose their jobs for incompetence, redundancy or obsolescence, government employees essentially cannot be fired. Worse yet, as veterans seeking medical care waited and waited until some even died, VA […]
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