Maggie's Farm

Penn Sounds Off on Daylight Savings Idiocy

LATIN IS THE BEST LANGUAGE

Book review: The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt

Supersize, please: The fattest and skinniest US cities

Why Baby Boomers Will Have a Troubled Retirement (h/t Insty)

What retirement?

Some good links at Carpe

China: electricity use down 7.5%, 26MM newly unemployed

Romney Beats Obama 48%-43% In New Rasmussen Poll

Steyn: The Fluke Charade - Why should we have to fund a middle-aged schoolgirl’s sex life?

All of us are born with the unalienable right to life, liberty, and a lifetime supply of premium ribbed silky-smooth ultrasensitive spermicidal lubricant condoms. No taxation without rubberization, as the Minutemen said. The shot heard round the world, and all that.

Because pregnancy is a disease, right?

Symposium: Why Do Progressives Love Criminals?

Prosor: Arab Countries Support an Attack on Iran

Afghanistan joins railroad era  - 100 years late

Argentina’s Slow-Motion Disaster

Falklands War: China learns from Argentina's mistakes

Why Is Washington so Bad at Strategy? Generals and politicians never seem to be on the same page. Is there any way to fix it?

Incoming UC Students May Be Asked To Declare Their Sexual Orientation

Reminds me of a story a friend told me about enlisting in the Navy during Vietnam as an officer. An interviewer asked him "What is your religious preference?" "Episcopalian, " he replied. "But you wrote down that you were Jewish," said the interviewer. "I am," he said, "but you asked my preference. I would prefer be to be Episcopalian."

The real bias of 'Game Change'

"There is no disagreement that we need action by our government, a recovery plan that will help to jumpstart the economy." — PRESIDENT-ELECT BARACK OBAMA, JANUARY 9 , 2009 With all due respect Mr. President, that is not true.

Fiscal Phonies

Hidden unemployment numbers stymie Obama’s job growth claims