By Petrarch May 16, 2:24 PM
It's simply common sense that the nicer a life you have if you don't work, the more people will choose not to work and the pickier they will be about what job they might be willing to accept.
By Kermit Frosch May 16, 9:01 AM
You'd expect there to be a decreasing number of polar bears out there. You'd be wrong.
By Petrarch May 15, 8:10 AM
Any financial adviser will tell you to keep two months' salary in the bank in case of an unforeseen disaster. Shouldn't the country?
By Will Offensicht May 14, 9:23 AM
They were "only following orders"...
By Will Offensicht May 13, 7:09 PM
Judges which rule based on feelings rather than the law, cause unintended consequences quite the opposite of what they wanted.
By Petrarch May 12, 8:19 AM
There are many places around the world where we should "Do Something!"
By Lee Tydings May 9, 8:25 AM
Sex and speech are the two sides of the arch which holds up a family.
By Petrarch May 8, 9:10 AM
So near and yet so far!
By Hobbes May 7, 11:11 AM
There is no reason that I should be forced to accommodate or subsidize your own bad choices, or vice versa.
By Will Offensicht May 6, 3:05 PM
Blame the victim? Blame whitey? Or roll up your sleeves and get to work?
By Petrarch May 6, 9:02 AM
What's a principal to do when the kids won't obey?
By Will Offensicht May 5, 2:38 PM
When the paper is not to their liking, bureaucracies tend to have hissy-fits and throw their weight around.
By Petrarch May 5, 9:32 AM
A court found the NY Port Authority 68% liable for bombing their own building?!
By Petrarch May 2, 10:58 AM
Hillary and Obama might just as well walk down the street throwing rocks into people's living rooms.
By Will Offensicht May 1, 12:28 PM
The NSF was chartered to fund basic scientific research, it was not chartered to extend affirmative action to the sciences.