Sunday, November 12, 2006
Pennies from Heaven (11:31 PM) - The Wall Street Journal covers all the details about the Democrats’ multi-pronged effort to raise the national minimum wage. The net is that a national increase would impact, at most, 15 million employees, and not in a wholly positive way,…
“when You’re the only girl in the maintenance section.” (09:14 PM) - Something like this could only have been ordered at the highest levels. Someone’s going to pay….
Big Joe News (02:40 PM) - The news: Some press type asked Joe Lieberman if he’d consider switching to the Republican side of things, and Joe did not say no….
Josh Bolten: WH Intent on Confirming John Bolton (02:38 PM) - The White House isn’t caving in entirely; good. Say, enjoy that nice, neutrally-chosen photograph of Bolton that accompanies the story….
“Guidelines For A Platonic Friendship” (12:28 PM) - This, instead of the organ donation thing, should be printed on the backs of drivers licenses. Via Jeff Harrell, discoverer of all things clever and true….
The Old Grey Lady Gets Some Oversight of Her Own (10:45 AM) - Courtesy of Karl at Protein Wisdom, who ably dispenses with the Times’ erroneous claim that “Congress has exercised virtually no oversight of the administration’s misconduct of the war.”…
Because Sundays Belong to History (10:19 AM) - I turned on Sirius Satellite Radio’s classical station this morning, in lieu of my usual NPR. Most NPR stations on Sunday mornings play baroque music. It is a nice way to start the day. Do you know what Sirius was…
Every Democrat Presidential Candidate Will Be Pro-Iraq War (08:59 AM) - …Now that Russ Feingold has announced his intention not to seek the presidency. UPDATE: Oh, sure, they are all anti-war now. But don’t we evaluate presidential candidates on their decision-making when the decisions matter—when one can go one way or…