Hypocrisy Watch — Gun-nuts for thee but not for me
The Georgia legislature has decreed that concealed weapons will be allowed pretty much everywhere —including bars — except in the Capitol and other government offices where lawmakers might congregate. Surely, since more guns obviously make us safer, the lawmakers should demand that all gun carrying citizens be allowed free passage into the Capitol. It is clear that we could make the world a much safer place if there were more guns in the Georgia Capitol, a lot more guns.
Down Syndrome and Abortion Hypocrisy
Down Syndrome is where the rubber hits the road for opponents of abortion. Approximately 90% of Down Syndrome pregnancies are terminated with an abortion. This behavior is entirely rational, given the enormous difficulties of caring for a Down Syndrome individual from adulthood into old age. These numbers are, however, strikingly discordant with polls showing that a majority of people oppose abortion. While the numbers for Down Syndrome abortions remain so high, abortion poll numbers represent the meaningless expressions of personal preferences for an ideal world rather than core beliefs that survive the reality of an imperfect biological world.
The "Inner City" Irish
Crony Capitalism Watch
The Tesla Model S was recently voted car of the year, but you can't buy one in New Jersey because of the power of the car dealership lobby. Chris Christie, who made his name by standing up to the little guy, apparently doesn't have the balls to stand up to middle-sized guys in the form of car dealers and so the beat of crony capitalism marches on in the great state of New Jersey.
Only the good die young
I do not think I have ever read a fairer assessment of Bob Dylan's musical talent than this: Dylan fans are the battered wives of the music industry.
Maloof low back chair
Modern art seems to be driven almost entirely by the investment strategies of the very rich and retains little interest for us commoners. I still have an interest in crafts, particularly woodwork. This is a beautiful chair by the recently departed Sam Maloof. I have seen this particular chair in the flesh at the Smithsonian Institute and the picture does not do it full justice. It is a minor miracle of sculptural furniture.
Rubio in free fall
Good discussion of Marco Rubio's rough introduction to federal politics. Once again Krauthammer's predictions have proven spectacularly wrong.
The cumulative humiliations have transformed the former party savior into a figure himself in need of saving. How did it all go so badly? The Rubio Plan had sounded clever in the abstract. The premise, as Krauthammer had explicitly laid out, was that the party could jettison a single-issue position while holding fast to its cherished anti-government bromides. (“No reinvention when none is needed,” urged Krauthammer. “Do conservatism but do it better.”) Krauthammer may have been right that Republican elites would more willingly, or even eagerly, toss aside their fear of illegal immigration than revise their cherished anti-tax, anti-spending dogma. But broadening the party’s economic message has turned out to be easier.
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