It started out okay…a few bones thrown toward immigration reform and energy initiatives. By the end, my stomach was in knots.
Did I hear Bush right when he said he wanted to authorize mercenaries? Well, he didn’t call them mercenaries, but look at the text of what he said:
A second task we can take [...]
Via Kevin, MD, it appears that Americans are in favor of government-mandated wellness programs.
Let’s think about this for a minute: Mandated exercise? Do you want the government in your refrigerator?
Here’s my dirty little secret: I have a weakness for powdered sugar mini-donuts. I’m not obese, not even overweight. But [...]
…in my last post about taxing fast food, don’t miss today’s New York Times article, “For a World of Woes, We Blame Cookie Monsters“.
The idea of using economic incentives to help people shed pounds comes up in the periodic calls for taxes on junk food. Martin B. Schmidt, an economist at the College of William [...]
California’s Proposition 86 is a prime example of using emotional buzzwords to induce voters to stop thinking and follow the jargon trail like sheep. Helen Beebe of Simi Valley wrote an emotional and passionate editorial for today’s Ventura County Star calling for Californians to vote for Proposition 86 as a way to “fight back [...]
