Category Archives: Symbols
House Divided of the Living Dead
Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus called for a rebrand of the Republican party. He wants to shed its image of “stuffy old men”. The Republicans called it an autopsy report.
Here’s Jonah Goldberg on the Republican rise of libertarians like Rand Paul and the fusion of conservative and libertarian thinking.
Title Nine for Olympic Wrestling
If the Olympic movement is away from naked wrestlers to nearly naked volleyball players, who am I to complain?
Still, wrestling is the original olympic sport. What will be the IOC’s next move – drop the marathon for stock car racing?
The International Olympic Committee is the only body dictatorial enough to unite America and Iran against it. It deserves a seat on the UN Human Rights Council.
State of the Union
“There is something entirely appropriate about holding the State of the Union address on the same day as Mardi Gras.
One is a display of wretched excess, when giddy and rowdy participants give in to reckless and irresponsible behavior.
The other is a street festival in New Orleans.”
Eat the Rich
The tax hike on the rich to avoid the fiscal cliff will bring in 60 billion dollars. This year’s deficit is a trillion dollars. The president doesn’t want to cut spending. Stay tuned.
