Hhaing The Yu, 29, in rain falling on the ruins of his home, in a township outside Yangon, Myanmar. This is not about politics; it is about saving people’s lives. There is […]
No taxpayer left behind
by Rich Herschlag Iraq got you down? Plummeting real estate values? Bad credit? Soaring fuel prices? Impending recession? Fear not. Your six-hundred dollar or so tax rebate check is on its way. […]
Nota Bene #17
Appearing weekly, Nota Bene attempts to provide an overview of the week’s news. Meanwhile, in its appendix, we cull trenchant comments to articles and posts, as well as those heard in person […]
Quotabull
It’s a pleasure to watch Obama’s mastery of the technique. And Clinton — and I didn’t say “even Clinton†— uses it much better than McCain does. And just about everybody does […]
Quotabull
If it was the Marlins, you wouldn’t see people in Florida getting up at 5 a.m. And if it was the Yankees — well, their fans aren’t real. They just buy the […]
No country for the middle class: Scenes from an economic disaster
By Martin Bosworth I recently had the pleasure of seeing “No Country For Old Men,” the Oscar-winning adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s novel of a drug deal gone bad and how one man’s […]
What do George Soros and Buddhist bodhisattvas have in common?
By Martin Bosworth Awhile back I was introduced to the concept of the “five supernatural perceptions” or “superknowledges,” achieved by bodhisattvas as a pinnacle of achievement in meditation and understanding in Buddhism. […]
Smart people hate America and other myths of the current cultural milieu…
Everyday life, supersaturated with images and jingles, makes intellectual life look hopelessly sluggish, burdensome, difficult. In a video-game world, the play of intellect — the search for validity, the willingness to entertain […]
Countrywide CEO foregoes plush payoff package–but don't feel too sorry for him
By Martin Bosworth Why is this man smiling? Angelo Mozilo, the well-tanned and always smiling soon-to-be-ex-CEO of failed mortgage lender Countrywide, announced today that he would magnanimously give up his massive severance […]
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It’s good that everybody knows that the people involved in the pro-life movement are directly responsible for the decline in abortions. — Wanda Franz, president of the National Right to Life Committee, […]
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