Sailing the Last Voyage with Newton and Pascal
My newest follower on Twitter is Black Tie Magazine, dedicated to high profile philanthropy (like this.) In a lengthy article by one Jaime Dermody on how to fix our current financial mess, he says the following: (E.) Congress accommodates (B.) above by amending the Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act of 2007 to waive recognition of …
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In the shadow of Aggieland, former Planned Parenthood clinic director Abby Johnston hits the Anglican-Episcopal divide the hard way: Abby Johnson, the former Planned Parenthood clinic director whose about-face on abortion prompted her to resign her job, says she's gotten flack for her decision from an unexpected quarter: her own church. Her Oct. 6 decision …
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I've seen this elsewhere in the conservative blogosphere, but it's good when someone who really knows what they're talking about points this out: In 1960, only 3% of tax filers paid a 30% or higher marginal tax rate. By 1980, after the inflation of the 1970s, the share was closer to 33%. In 1981, Congress …
One wonders what he or his advisors were thinking: Yesterday, however, stark reality of a very different sort intruded: News broke out of the shooting at the Fort Hood Army post in Texas. Soon enough, the full impact of the horror became evident: 13 dead, another 30 injured. The full details and investigation of the …
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City Journal's article concerning Westchester County's (NY) election of a Republican county executive (news in and of itself) highlights one of the American left's long-term goals: the complete levelling of people relative to location, so that you don't have "good neighbourhoods" and "bad neighbourhoods" any more. Although the right is usually diligent in documenting the …
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I wonder what they would have done if his comeback was that he thought civil marriage itself was wrong.
Just a few random thoughts on this: First, the crow to eat: I assumed that assaults on Bob McDonnell by the WaPo and other media would sink him in a serious contest, esp. in Northern Virginia. They didn't; that's a testament to the quality campaign that he ran (which connected with VA voters) and the …
This, from a place I'm well familiar with: Bryan, TX, and the station that was television for Aggies without cable: http://www.thenewsroom.com/mash/swf/cube.swf?a=V3829976&m=931633
The electrifying news that the "handpicked" Republican candidate for New York's 23rd Congressional District is throwing in the towel is good news for conservatives who were supporting the Conservative Party candidate, Doug Hoffman. But it's also a good lesson in why party regulars are better off more often than not letting the rank and file …
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Most discussions on taxation and wealth transfer focus on income, but the IRS has its sights on those who have the bad taste not to merely live on credit but to accumulate wealth, as Charles Rubin notes here: Basking in the glow of the recently completed offshore voluntary compliance program, IRS Commissioner Shulman in a …
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