The Chamber of Commerce has discovered that the average citizen isn’t too keen on the term capitalism : “‘Capitalism’ was universally problematic,” says Chamber spokeswoman Tita Freeman. Adds Rich Thau, president of New York-based Presentation Testing, which ran the focus . . . . Continue Reading »
A question from a philistine: Is this personage in the chiffon sheer off a picture window supposed to be God? Or Eve? Or what? You’d think that “Adam Sleeping” would be a relatively simple narrative to represent, but apparently not. On second thought, I think that must be God. . . . . Continue Reading »
The caustic writer Camille Paglia is a strong supporter of President Obama. But she is appalled at the health care reform bill and the president’ performance in its pursuit. She brings up another problem with the bill that has received too little attention. From her Salon column:The U.S. . . . . Continue Reading »
OK, Sally, so my wife and daughter are still out in South Dakota, staying till the end of the month, and I’m here alone in New York, with no one to act as an anchor, or a drag, or a reality check, and so I just bought for my office some new decorations—stained glass, as it happens: two . . . . Continue Reading »
President Obama today claimed that since the Post Office hasn’t hurt Fed Ex and UPS, the public plan that would compete with private health insurance is nothing for the companies to fear. That analogy cuts against him both coming and going. Analysis over at Secondhand Smoke . . . . . Continue Reading »
At the excellent Front Porch Republic blog Darryl Hart follows up on a discussion “that tried to discern the differences between folks that write over at First Things’ blogs and those who do so at FPR.” . . . [T]he thought dawned on me that one of the significant differences between . . . . Continue Reading »
Oops: President Obama stepped in a bucket at a town hall meeting today. When a questioner worried about the public option, that would compete—unfairly in my view—with private insurance, the president unwisely brought up the Post Office. From the story:Obama says the private . . . . Continue Reading »
From David French at NRO’s Phi Beta Cons : Today’s Inside Higher Ed details the rather disturbing story of an EEOC finding that Belmont Abbey College, a Catholic college in North Carolina, engaged in “gender discrimination” when it refused — consistent with its . . . . Continue Reading »
John Schwenkler’s posting chapter-by-chapter commentary at Upturned Earth. . . . . Continue Reading »
This seems like a fitting followup to Chris’s post . From the pen of Meghan McCain, daughter of Senator John McCain: I don’t know exactly what about me threatens them so much, other than that people are listening to me. Malkin has the No. 1 book on The New York Times bestseller . . . . Continue Reading »
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