As a part-time blogger, it can be difficult to keep up with the vast amount of news out there, especially when some events move so quickly. That doesn’t mean I don’t try. […]
Frank Balsinger
Lifelong student with interests a mile wide and an inch deep. Autodidact. Pedant, hopefully of the slightly more pleasant sort. Sharer of things learned along the way. Lately of a creative bent.
Amanda Marcotte moves the goalposts. Is a little consistency too much to ask?
Goalposts moved. GTFO. Amanda Marcotte had me right until the end of her article. As a writer who occasionally *ahem* goes a bit off the rails, I think I’m qualified to notice […]
How else should a people defend itself when provoked?
Time and again I hear this question, a question consistently asked by pro-Israel policy apologists. Hamas is bad. They fire rockets into Israel. What are we supposed to do? The answer, apparently, […]
Is it time for Justice Ginsburg to retire?
Is going strong, going long good for the country? Having just read this article from the Washington Examiner, I find myself a bit perplexed and asking not only whether Justice Ginsburg should […]
Since we’re just supposed to trust Israel every time they make a claim
Israel jumps to conclusions, Palestinians die Consider this: The Israeli military said early Sunday morning that an officer thought to have been captured by Palestinian militants during a deadly clash Friday morning, […]
President Obama thinks you’re sanctimonious for insisting torturers be charged with felonies
The President of the United States still shows no signs of seeking justice against war criminals The President of the United States, by way of giving the world a Friday heading into […]
Skin in the game? Let’s talk about who’s got skin in the game, shall we?
If there’s class warfare, us working SOBs aren’t the ones who started it. Dani Rodrick has an excellent piece over at Project Syndicate. “Schwarzman acts as if “he’s beset by a meddlesome, […]
Not news: banks making bank on overdraft fees, to the tune of $30+ billion
Here’s a radical idea: let’s do away with unsecured overdraft altogether According to Moebs Services, Inc., last year banks collected $31.9 billion in overdraft fees. This meme sums it up nicely, I […]
What if we treated our economy like a triage scenario?
$400 billion down the hole on the F-35, and that’s just one tip of one iceberg There’s been a horrible accident. One patient has a punctured lung. Another one has a grievous […]
A look at America’s most important problem
Lies, damned lies, and statistics Gallup recently released the results of its periodic poll, “Most Important Problem.” Their detailed results can be found at the link. There were two questions: What do you […]
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