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One of the best July 4ths I've had in a while. I feel a sea change, after the bummer of last week.  The media did its best to demoralize us, and we did a pretty good job on ourselves as well. I'm reinvigorated, and more motivated than...

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The conundrum - how to be intellectually consistent that the mandate was an unconstitutional penalty to force people into commerce, yet deal with the fact that The Chief and the four liberal Justices called it a constitutional tax. I said the only solution to this pretzel...

Every year on July 4 there is a mini-parade in the neighborhood in my home town in Rhode Island, apart from the "big" parade through the center of town. Mostly it's for the neighborhood children, and it ends with ices and candy, after reciting the Pledge of...

A reader [see update] sent me the link to the article below which examines the "box checker" phenomenon in college and law school admissions.  I think the same analysis applies with regard to professional advancement in fields where there is enormous pressure to diversify, such as...

Reader TowsonLawyer writes: Just in time for the Fourth of July - Lost Film from 1945 Here's the story from Richard Sullivan: 67 Years Ago my Dad shot this film along Kalakaua Ave. in Waikiki capturing spontaneous celebrations that broke out upon first hearing news of the Japanese surrender....

Yet another sign of the times. From Kathy, taken near Gainesville, FL: ...

The hot news today was a story at National Journal about how the Romney campaign supposedly was Declaring Cease Fire on Health Care: In the aftermath of the Supreme Court health care ruling, the early conventional wisdom was that an unfavorable health care ruling at the...

It may seem counter-intuitive, but Upstate New York (the NY flyover country) is a key to holding the House, and will form a core of Operation Counterweight.  In 2010, Republicans picked up several seats upstate; redistricting has caused the loss of one upstate seat (and...

I remember hearing about this case, and it struck me as strange at the time but not enough to write about it. Add the case to a long line of fake hate crimes -- which often occur on campuses or among students/faculty, where the desire to achieve...

Mia B. Love appeared on MSNBC today, and it was a pretty fair segment. As noted here before, while Jim Matheson is beatable, it's not going to be easy.  Matheson falsely portrays himself as a moderate. That "outside money" rolling in mentioned at the end will not...

I guess that doesn't surprise me. Also, does Christie thread the needle on the tax/penalty issue?  Or just muddle things even more?  (not his fault, really) Via Mediaite: Sure. Yeah. I mean, listen, I thought all along that it was a tax. And I don’t think it’s exclusively...

It's the biggest case of them all. From reader KGB: Not a bumper sticker, I know, but an interesting campaign sign I came across in East Randolph, NY, while out for a Sunday drive. I don't know if this is a stock phrase being used around the...

A reader writes (emphasis mine): Devoted, and unregistered, reader, first time emailer. It seems the GOP has a "Read my lips" moment here with Obama promising no tax increase. The ad practically writes itself. I guess they'd never throw Bush I under the bus with the juxtaposition,...

Reader Tom sent me this link to Charlie Cook's assessment of the presidential campaign about a week ago, just before the Obamcare decision (emphasis mine): We are past the point where Obama can win a referendum election, regardless of whether it is on him or the...

Saving Obamacare by calling a penalty a tax has created all sorts of political contortions. What if the Supreme Court had called a dog a cat, would we then be required to call a dog a cat, particularly if it were better for us? That's where we...