Daily Archives: August 2, 2011

More evidence of hypocrisy from the Left comes courtesy of Reuters: U.S. health insurance companies must fully cover women’s birth control and other preventive health care services under Obama administration rules released on Monday. The mandate from the Health and Human Services Department represents a landmark decision in a decades-long debate on women’s health issuesContinue Reading

The Governor’s Task Force to Determine the Method of Compensation for Victims of North Carolina’s Eugenics Board submitted a preliminary report August 1, 2011 to Governor Purdue pursuant by Executive Order 83 issued March 8, 2011. The Tasks Force preliminary recommendations included lump sum financial damages for living victims, mental health services for living victims,Continue Reading

Those who enjoyed Roy Cordato’s recent presentation linked to Milton Friedman’s 99th birthday might appreciate the following video from Reason.tv. HT: Max Borders, Ideas Matter

Almost nothing, writes Tad DeHaven of the Cato Institute here. Well, nothing of substance. It’s just a PR move. Suppose that Titanic’s captain had said to nervous passengers who had seen water sloshing about on a lower deck, “Don’t worry. I have sent a committee down there with buckets to bail us out.”

You believe Rahm Emanuel to be a political genius for proclaiming that “you never want a serious crisis to go to waste,” but believe that “tea party Republicans” in Congress are terrorists for trying to use a possible debt limit crisis to further their agenda.

Misleading DNA analysis in the infamous 2006 “Duke lacrosse rape case” cost Brian Meehan his job with DNA Security. This morning, a unanimous three-judge panel of the N.C. Court of Appeals affirmed a trial court decision allowing Meehan’s job dismissal to stand. Appellate judges sent the case back to the trial court to resolve theContinue Reading

A unanimous three-judge panel of the N.C. Court of Appeals has affirmed a trial court ruling against charter schools seeking access to county “capital outlay funds.” Writing for the panel, Judge Samuel Ervin IV notes: [B]y specifically stating that charter schools are entitled to funding from the State allotment and the local current expense fund,Continue Reading

As Mike Shedlock writes here, the little city of Central Falls, Rhode Island, has declared bankruptcy. The city simply could not afford the high cost of the pension obligations that its politicians negotiated with public unions years ago. It’s so easy for politicians to be generous with taxpayer money, especially when the bills won’t comeContinue Reading