Non Voluntary Do Not Resuscitate
The “do not resuscitate order” (DNR) is an important part of medicine that allows terminally ill, injured, and very aged patients die naturally without intrusive and potentially injurious efforts to...
View ArticleI'm So Fed Up, I'm Suing the TSA
Earlier this year, I bit the bullet and obtained TSA PreCheck as part of the Global Entry package that the security folks offer frequent international travelers. Global Entry really speeds up re-entry...
View ArticleThinking about the 2020 Nomination Already?
A lot of buzz around this comment, about Marco Rubio’s long-term thinking, this morning:“Marco wants Donald to lose. If he thought his endorsement would help in California or in Indiana, which it...
View ArticleWATCH: Ted Cruz Confronts Trump Supporters in Indiana
Ted Cruz & Donald Trump Supporters Clash in Indiana (Video)
View ArticleUncommon Knowledge: Part II of Our Interview with Charles Koch
In Part II of our interview with Charles Koch, he covers politics and the role of corporations in our society. Koch, making the case to end corporate welfare, tells us what he admires about Bernie...
View ArticleWhy Are There Still Palestinian Refugees?
A new Prager U video is out. Today’s lecturer: Dumisami Washington of Christians United for Israel. Why Are There Still Palestinian Refugees?
View ArticleCarly Fiorina: A Convicted Rapist Just Endorsed Trump — and Trump Called Him...
National Review caught up with Carly Fiorina on the campaign trail today in Indiana. Here’s what she had to say about why voters should choose Ted Cruz over Donald Trump in tomorrow’s primary: If you...
View ArticleOur Long Weekend Nightmare Is Over
Every spring about this time the nation is treated to full-length coverage of our democracy’s Fourth Estate tuxedo-ing, drinking, dining, joking, and applauding themselves into smarmy servitude with...
View ArticleGame of Thrones Thoughts — Cleaning Up Martin's Mess
Spoilers ahead. Consider yourself warned.If you’ve read all of the books in George RR Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series, you know two things. First, Martin has crafted one of the most...
View Article[SPOILERS!!!!!] Snow Before Winter — and Bloodhounds [SPOILERS!!!!!!!]
Stephen Miller has an excellent piece on how [SPOILER DELETED] in last night’s Game of Thrones is problematic. I think he’s wrong.Okay, I’m done with the spoiler warnings. If you keep reading and...
View ArticleObservations from California's GOP Convention
I spent much of the weekend at the California GOP state convention, which attracted all three of the GOP presidential candidates and, as a result, its share of press attention.It’s always fun catching...
View ArticleI Wish I Were a Hoosier …
… so that I could vote for Ted Cruz tomorrow. A sterling Reagan conservative. A classical liberal. A believer in limited government, the rule of law, free enterprise, peace through strength, the right...
View ArticleVandy
This week’s Bookmonger podcast is with Lawrene Haas, author of Harry and Arthur: Truman, Vandenberg, and the Partnership That Created the Free World. We talk about what Democrats can learn from...
View ArticleTuesday links
Tomorrow is International Respect for Chickens Day: some chicken-related links to help you celebrate.The Politics of the Louisiana Purchase.Inside the 1909 Scheme to Whiten the Hawaiian Populace by...
View ArticleAmerican Soldier Killed in Action in Iraq
Fox News reports this morning:A U.S. service member has been killed in northern Iraq, defense secretary Ash Carter said Tuesday. Carter gave no details about the service member who was killed, but said...
View ArticleThe Way It Was
Today on the homepage, we continue with my series on John Dos Passos. In this installment, we have him mainly in the Soviet Union (1928). What he has to say, of course, is timeless.I thought I would...
View ArticleA Stupid, Fact-Free Accusation from a Stupid, Fact-Free Candidate
From the Tuesday edition of the Morning Jolt:Behold, ladies and gentlemen, the Republican Party frontrunner:Donald Trump on Tuesday alleged that Ted Cruz’s father was with John F. Kennedy’s assassin...
View ArticleCarly
This video is worth watching — not just to see Carly make the case for Cruz, but to see the guy in the background display some truly awesome child-swinging abilities. I half-expected him to begin...
View ArticleHillary: ‘We're Going to Put a Lot of Coal Miners Out of Business!’
Go figure, it turns out that declaring “we’re going to put a lot of coal miners and coal companies out of business” is not a winning line in West Virginia.Here’s what Hillary Clinton said about the...
View ArticleA Toast to Rich Doerflinger
Richard Doerflinger, who served for more than 30 years as the chief pro-life strategist for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, retired last week and set off for the west coast. He assures his...
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