Hillary has been attacked for her defense of her husband's relationship with Lewinski. Here is an interesting take from the WSJ:
"Mrs. Clinton was right: Monica Lewinsky was technically an adult at the time of the infamous affair with Mr. Clinton in 1995-96. She was also old enough to know what she wanted and to be held accountable for it. What she wanted—very much, it seems—was the spectacularly successful, charming, married occupant of the White House.
To believe a woman is being abused the moment her supervisor demonstrates a romantic interest is to regard employees as akin to slaves. This is neo-Marxism at work: The notion that an employee occupies such a fundamentally compromised posture, vis-à-vis the boss, that she can never consent because she lacks the capacity to refuse. That the focus of such condemnation lies exclusively with economic imbalances—and not, say, those created by discrepancy in charisma or physical attractiveness—betrays the smear of Marxist fingerprints."
I think this has some merit but overlooks the disparity between how the elite are judged and we average guys are judged which, I think, was the nub of much of the problem.
And another look at tariffs: Trump is doing to the US during a time of peace what our worst enemies would do to us in time of war, i.e., wage a war on American consumers and businesses who purchase goods produced outside the country.
What is...Hillsdale College?
Over the last 15 years from June 30, 2003 to June 30, 2018, only one in 13 large-cap managers, only one in 21 mid-cap managers, and one in 43 small-cap managers were able to outperform their benchmark index. And once you outperform the market, you will do it again only randomly.
In 1492, the population of Europe was estimated to be in the range of 60 million people. The population of the Americas has been estimated at from 8 million to 120 million. So North America's population is only a guess. This implies a lot about both America and its observers.
Ullage:
MEANING:
noun: The amount of liquid by which a container falls short of being full.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Old French ouillage/eullage, from ouiller/eullier (to fill a cask), from ouil (eye, hole), from Latin oculus (eye). Earliest documented use: 1444.
This has a nice metaphorical context.
Former Senator Al Franken says he is considering running for office again. So we can relax; everything is going to be all right.
When Aristotle said that everything was politics I'm sure he did not mean that literally. But now everything is political; there is nothing that can escape political scrutiny. And everything has to have a political solution, everything can be weaponized in the struggle. From health to pets to lemonade stands, everyone has a political position, the more indignant presumably the more heartfelt. And the nightriders of justice do more than purify the present, they scour the past for old and forgotten sins. And any question raised about the validity of this is seen as social deviance. What a mess.
Golden oldie:
|
steeleydock.blogspot.com
"Bowdlerized" ("ISE" in England --"ISE" for any none Greek-based words-- or "IZE" in North America) is a fierce academic epithet becau...
|
People are ramping up support for their children. There are little league batting coaches. The sell signal may have just rung, though. A growing coaching occupation is in video games.
Does Liberation Theology conceive Christ as a political figure? Is spirituality compatible with the very worldly politics?
Pope Francis has said recently "Communion is not a prize for the perfect but a powerful medicine and nourishment for the weak." This came out of a discussion with the German Church which is debating giving communion to the protestant spouses of Catholics.
McGurn arguing for Hillsdale College in the light of Harvard's Civil Rights suit:
"There’s just one teensy problem for Harvard. It’s called the Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and it “prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color or national origin in any program or activity that receives Federal funds or other Federal financial assistance.” Harvard receives millions from the feds each year, directly through grants as well as indirectly via federal financial aid.
All of which puts two fundamental principles in conflict. The first is that people should not be discriminated against because of their race. The second is that private institutions should be left to run their own shops without the feds telling them how to do it."
This Ohio State thing with Urban Meyer seems to have blown over, at least until the Purdue loss. It originally looked like another step forward for collective guilt. It seems as if Meyer was to have made decisions without the abused wife making any. Liz has an interesting thesis that Meyer's wife has the same vulnerability as she is also an Ohio State employee and, interestingly, is in position to take the fall.
U.S. drinkers, for the first time, are more likely to choose a glass of wine or a cocktail than a beer.
Art is truth mediated by the senses. Taste is a sense. Therefore food is art.---Melinda Roark
Charles Blahous of the Mercatus Center at George Mason University released a study taking a look at the cost of Sanders' "Medicare for All" program. The total: $32.6 trillion over 10 years. Over that same period, our total federal spending is projected at $56 trillion, and much of that will be borrowed. That means that we could double our taxes at every level and still not come close to covering Sanders' program. Lest you think the Mason department a little too far right, the Urban Institute, a left-leaning outlet, estimated the cost at $32 trillion.
Four Iranian scientists murdered, poisoned Russian dissidents, drone assassinations, bin Laden, contracts on authors--is there a gangland behavior beginning to creep into the behavior of modern governments?
David Koch--of evil Koch brothers fame--ran for vice president of the United States on the Libertarian ticket — against Ronald Reagan!
Obama borrowed more money than all the presidents in history. Trump is on a similar track.
No comments:
Post a Comment