this is an adventure

Mwenda critiques: “Obama said nothing new. He assumes that African countries have been mismanaged because leaders on the continent are bad men who make cold hearted choices. His solution is thus to extend moral pleas for them to rule better.” But it’s “incentives those leaders confront” — particularly on aid — that determine those choices.

“The Seattle Times reports that Starbucks plans to rebrand some stores with community-focused names such as ’15th Avenue Coffee and Tea.’ Even more interestingly, Starbucks will wipe its name and ubiquitous logo from these stores; even the bags of coffee for sale will bear the community-based brand.” We’re not McDonald’s, we’re Flanigan’s!

“In FISA, President Bush and his advisers faced an obsolete law not written with live war with an international terrorist organization in mind. It was to meet such emergency circumstances that the Founders designed the presidency.” John Yoo, who will doubtless spend the rest of his life despised by the American left, defends his view.

So on the one hand, you have a poll that shows 71% support for abortion coverage in a nationalized health care plan, while on the other you have a poll showing 71% opposition to using taxpayer funds for any abortions. Are Americans this hypocritical, or are these junk polls dressed up as real data? Guess.