this is an adventure

The National Institutes of Health is actually a superb organization, with a lot of useful studies. But this one strikes us as the apex of idiocy. Spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to find out why men ages 18 to 24 dislike wearing condoms is like studying why children prefer chocolate cake to bread.

Peter Lawler writes on his dismissal: “I was assured that ‘President Obama recognizes the value of having a commission of experts in bioethical issues to provide objective and non-ideological bioethics advice to his Administration.’” In other words, let’s fire all the people who don’t agree with me, then have the rest give advice.

On today’s anticipated Fed decision: “Although many spectators like to leave sporting events early to avoid traffic on the way home, the Federal Reserve plans to sit in its seat — and keep its options open — until it is certain that the economy is out of the woods.” Back to reality, here’s gravity.

This is the most despicable, self-serving, and arrogant spin I’ve seen yet from this White House, and that’s saying something. Obama gave a speech, and suddenly the people of Iran discovered that they’re being ruled by tyrants? Never mind that two weeks passed between the speech and the uprising, and that the very obvious trigger […]