Re: Tiller, Et Al

I haven’t commented on this Tiller thing yet, mostly because  there hardly seems a point in discussing at any length, something that wasn’t “all in”, as yet. You will admit the story broke rather quickly. I didn’t comment on it

From the Palm Treo:

I’m sitting in the back yard, watching over some steaks and a little corn on the cob.

I have a question that I dare say will make some of you rather uncomfortable.

To set this up,

Glenn Reynolds, today:

AT CNBC, SKEPTICISM ON BIG BANKS:

 

Mega institutions (financial institutions and insurance companies come to mind) that become TOO BIG TO MANAGE are likely to become TOO BIG TO FAIL.

It is impossible for top management

According to a story posted yesterday at the Denver Post, the Democrats are in trouble on yet another front;

WASHINGTON —Denver Post- Rick Strandlof, executive director of the Colorado Veterans Alliance and the man most colleagues knew as Rick

One of the most important, yet most frequently violated, laws of punditry is that your own priorities and preferences aren’t always relevant. I would love it if the GOP dedicated itself to cutting government by two-thirds, leaving only a minimal

To begin with, let’s get a snip of this morning’s op-ed up on National Review:

Arlen Specter belongs to a type familiar to Congress: the time-serving hack devoid of any principle save arrogance. He has spent three decades in the

From the Washington Post:

U.S. public health officials did not know about a growing outbreak of swine flu in Mexico until nearly a week after that country started invoking protective measures, and didn’t learn that the deaths were caused by

Editor’s note: this is cross posted from The Conservative Reader, where good buddy Art Smith holds court. I asked him to report back to us, and this was the result, posted at his place on the 22nd. George Pataki

Hmmmm. ABC is reporting:

Former Republican New York Gov. George Pataki heads to Iowa Wednesday to deliver a scathing critique of President Obama’s first 100 days in office.

“I think it’s time that those of us who have been silent

VIENNA, Va. -(WTOP)- David Kellermann, acting chief financial officer of Freddie Mac, committed suicide in his Hunter Mill Estates home Wednesday morning. He hanged himself.

Fairfax County Police spokeswoman Mary Anne Jennings tells WTOP police responded to the Kellermann home

James Joyner this morning :

In what has to be the oddest Peggy Noonan column ever, she extrapolates from a single story of a Michigan family that decided to give up some modern luxuries to engage in subsistence farming

You just knew someone would do this eventually.

Washington Times:

Liberal actress and political activist Janeane Garofalo, in all seriousness, said activists who attended tea parties are racists with dysfunctional brains in a recent prime-time television appearance.

“Let’s be very

My new Pajamas Media  article is up over there.  Here’s a taste:

But imagine what would have happened  if one or more of the bankers in that meeting with Mr. Obama had had the courage to stand up and remind

The business in North Korea was remarkable, over the weekend, in that the missle test was an abject failure, (Unless they reall planned on delivering the missle to the sea of Japan) and yet was a resounding success for Kim

Norks launch missile, New York Times:

SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea defied the United States, China and a series of United Nations resolutions by launching a rocket on Sunday that the country said was designed to propel a