I’ve had a little post percolating for a few days but didn’t feel the need to bump on here until I saw the news that President Obama is releasing part of the national oil reserves to…what, boost his re-election prospects? Gas prices have gone down about 50 cents in the past two weeks and supplies from overseas were just loosening,… Read more →
Besides being rather exciting even for a grown-up girl (Nathaniel has been smirking at me over his coffee this morning while I watched parts of the ceremony), Prince William’s marriage to Kate Middleton provides a perfect opportunity for a little chatter about the state of marriage in America and the Western world. The Christian Science Monitor put up an article… Read more →
The web is alive with news that Apple’s iPhone and Google Android smartphones regularly send unencrypted information about users’ locations back to Google and Apple. This means that, for years, these companies have been logging where we are, and when, and not telling us about it. It took a stumble-upon by researchers playing with stored cellphone data to discover the… Read more →
I have an essay up at Front Porch Republic this morning, already generating comments. See what you think, and feel free to let me know how I could have improved my argument.
My parents live in Wisconsin and enjoy politics, but are not immersed in it to the insane level D.C. residents like me cannot avoid. So when we talked last night, mom and dad said they wanted to hear more political news about what’s happening in Wisconsin and what it means, especially because local news is not terribly incisive and a… Read more →
I think we’re compiling a little “current political heroes” list: First, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, now Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.). Here’s Ryan, ably meeting some twisty punches from MSNBC’s Chris Matthews on the budget, tax cuts, and spending: http://www.youtube.com/v/Q0a_DSuh628&hl=en_US&fs=1
I think we’re compiling a little “current political heroes” list: First, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, now Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.). Here’s Ryan, ably meeting some twisty punches from MSNBC’s Chris Matthews on the budget, tax cuts, and spending:
Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisconsin) has begun bypassing Congress to take his message of fiscal reform to a more-eager electorate: “Americans expect to be talked to like adults, not children,” he said at an AEI event this morning. “They know our system is broken.” The congressman has received mostly awkward looks inside Congress for his “Roadmap for America’s Future,” an in-depth,… Read more →
Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisconsin) has begun bypassing Congress to take his message of fiscal reform to a more-eager electorate: “Americans expect to be talked to like adults, not children,” he said at an AEI event this morning. “They know our system is broken.” The congressman has received mostly awkward looks inside Congress for his “Roadmap for America’s Future,” an in-depth,… Read more →
From the land of stupidity (also known as Washington, D.C.) comes this from pundit Kathleen Parker: If Bill Clinton was our first black president, as Toni Morrison once proclaimed, then Barack Obama may be our first woman president. Her argument? President Obama uses a lot of passive-voice constructions and likes to talk but not act, which is feminine; therefore, President… Read more →
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