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1) Water, water everywhere At the Times of Israel, editor David Horovitz writes about how Israel's dealt with its water crisis. (h/t Yaacov Lozowick) “How did we beat the water shortage? Because we said we would. We decided we would,” says Kushnir, a big man with a warm...
There's major push back from the White House and supportive media this morning over whether Bob Woodward was "threatened," with the emails indicating that the "you will regret" language came in a broader email. The defense of the White House is pretty typical, try to...
In their initial endorsement of Barack Obama in 2008, the editors of the Washington Post concluded: Mr. Obama's temperament is unlike anything we've seen on the national stage in many years. He is deliberate but not indecisive; eloquent but a master of substance and detail; preternaturally confident...
There's a surplus of pretty successful infographics attempting to sway audiences as to the meaning--and import--of sequestration cuts.
From political groups like Third Way and The Democratic Daily to a Quaker organization and the Cato Institute, there are common themes running through many of the depictions that attempt to both explain the term "sequestration," while also selling a viewpoint. The infographics from those opposed to sequestration focus on what, and even more strikingly, who, will be impacted according to their points-of-view. On the other hand, an infographic from the Cato Institute focused on placing the cut amounts in perspective--and using humor.
For example, National Parks Service presents perceived impact on jobs, and converts figures into "equivalents," saying "proposed cuts to NPS budget would be equivalent to close 200 of the smallest park units":
The Third Way attempts to reach out across the aisle to Tea Party activists, choosing issues they think are interesting to them and applying their left-leaning ideological POV:
Democratic Daily goes straight for the jugular, illustrating the impact on children:
Via Business Insider: Bob Woodward said this evening on CNN that a "very senior person" at the White House warned him that he would "regret doing this," the same day he has continued to attack President Barack Obama over the looming forced cuts known as the...
Van Cliburn died today at age 78. The name lives on with the piano competition named after him. RIP, tall Texan: Renowned American classical pianist Van Cliburn died Wednesday morning at the age of 78 after a battle with bone cancer, publicist and longtime friend Mary Lou Falcone...
We've delved the depths of the despicable Boycott Divest Sanction movement against Israel. We are dealing with real bottom-feeders who have worked their ways onto campuses almost everywhere, supported by vicious people like George Galloway. Given the sordid history of Leftist-Islamist anti-Israel campus agitation, particularly in Britain,...
Hollywood is apparently unhappy with Seth MacFarlane’s hosting of the Oscars on Sunday night. So says the New York Times: Post-Oscar Monday found the movie capital coming to grips with a 3-hour-35- minute ceremony that climbed in the ratings but at its best seemed to hide...
A former colleague of mine from Regnery Publishing wrote today to say that our old sister company, Human Events, had shuttered its print edition today. While the digital version will continue, much of the staff will have to seek employment elsewhere, and it may be...
This is mightly rich. Donna Brazile was a big defender of Obamacare, despite warnings that it would drive up insurance rates: Guess who's now complaining about private insurance rates rising? You broke it, you own it. As for the rest of us, we're the victim, not you. What's on...
How low will this administration go on the sequester political jockeying? This low, As sequester nears, immigration detainees are released: The Obama administration announced Tuesday that it had released hundreds of illegal immigrants held in detention facilities, saying it could no longer afford to house them because...
Jon Stewart mocks the sequester hysteria. Yes, he targets Republicans towards the end. But it's still pretty funny.(h/t my wife) I'm not a Jon Stewart fan, but he wouldn't be popular if he wasn't tuned in. Does his cavalier approach to the sequester reflect a popular skepticism...
It's one Man versus The Chicago-Bloomberg Machine in #IL02...
1) It's been more than 20 years Jonathan Tobin writes in The Day the War on America Began: Exactly 20 years ago on this date, a terrorist attack at the World Trade Center took the lives of six people and injured more than a thousand others. The...
It looks like Paul McKinley, who Legal Insurrection has been writing about for months, will pull out a victory in the Republican primary in the 2nd Congressional District in Illinois, for the seat vacated by Jesse Jackson, Jr. The Democratic nominee is Robin Kelly, the insider...
Forgive me for forsaking the Tip Line. It's not that I don't read it, I do. I just have neglected promoting items: donb -- Paul Rahe in Obama’s Next Move: "The name of the game for our President is to force a crisis that will eventuate in...
