Who the &#^% Did You Think Was Going to Be Paying For It?

I’m hearing a lot of this from the sudden victims of Obamacare. Most young, middle-class Americans I know are happy that millions of previously uninsured people will receive free or heavily subsidized insurance under the Affordable Care Act. We just didn’t realize that, unless we had health insurance at work, we’d be the ones paying… Read More Who the &#^% Did You Think Was Going to Be Paying For It?

Apparently Feminists Advise Their Daughters to Get Completely Blotto Whenever Possible

I have a daughter. She is young. She won’t be young forever. One day she will leave the nest, to go to college or some other place where she will be around many young people. She will likely ignore the drinking laws of this country with the alacrity and skill that her parents did. What… Read More Apparently Feminists Advise Their Daughters to Get Completely Blotto Whenever Possible

Against Complacency

National Review’s Ramesh Ponnoru and Rich Lowry have attempted the difficult task of finding middle ground between the fighting camps of the Great Republican Civil War. They call it “Against Despair,” and it has been making the rounds in the conservative blogosphere. Instapundit linked approvingly (albeit with a cross-link in praise of Ted Cruz) Erick… Read More Against Complacency

Let’s Smack Marx Around, Shall We?

Off the Sidebar at The Other McCain:   I liked the cover, and the intro sounded freshly erudite, so I plunked down the price of a cup of coffee for the Kindle edition. I mean, I’ve always figured the Labor Theory of Surplus Value was bunk, but it would be nice to have it systematic.

Megan McArdle Discovers the Problem with A Government-Instituted Health Exchange:

Politicians were making decisions about it: So no, this is not a good project undone by Republican “sabotage,” as I saw suggested on Twitter this morning. It’s a potentially good IT project undone by system design and deadlines chosen for political reasons, rather than feasibility. What we’ve been through in the last week, I’d argue,… Read More Megan McArdle Discovers the Problem with A Government-Instituted Health Exchange: