“Josephin—a student of journalism and sociology—was especially disturbed. Of all the places she had traveled, she had never experienced anything like the situation in Cuba. The poverty weighed down on us. Even inside the pristine hotels where Cuba for the tourists was very much alive, beautiful and fun—it was all contrived—all a necessary performance, so […]
Archive for July, 2005
Jul24th2005
Jul23rd2005
“I don’t remember every bit of the conversation but the message was clear: things are bad here [Cuba], we’re denied rights the tourists have, and the outside world doesn’t know how we really living. At one point the enfermero looked me in the eyes and spoke slowly to make sure I understood: “Your system is […]
Jul22nd2005
Another Supporter Of Conservative Justices? Senator Byrd?
Published by in General and Judicial Nominees. 0 CommentsThe very liberal Senator Byrd seems to agree with President Bush on what type of judicial philosophy judges nominated to the high court should have:
During much of the presidential campaign, liberals turned to Mr. Byrd as an eloquent and bombastic critic of the war in Iraq and Mr. Bush in general. Mr. Byrd’s speeches […]
Jul22nd2005
The WSJ ($$) asks that we put Amtrak out of its misery:
We’re not against trains; they can be a great way to see America. But Amtrak has poorly served customers and taxpayers alike and is arguably the nation’s worst-run commercial enterprise. It loses $1 billion a year ($45 per rider) and that doesn’t include some […]
Jul22nd2005
At least that’s what Charles Krauthammer says.
Jul22nd2005
“By “liberal majority,” by the way, we aren’t merely referring to such issues as abortion or gay rights. Our objection to Roe and to Lawrence, the Texas sodomy case, isn’t on the underlying policy. It is that the Court has hijacked those social disputes from democratic debate, preventing the kind of legislative compromises that would […]
Jul21st2005
Putting ‘Market Failure’ In Perspective
Published by in Capitalism, Economics and General. 0 CommentsAssistant Professor of Economic Glen Whitman writes:
Externality and public good problems are hardly unique to markets; they occur in virtually all institutional settings, particularly legislatures and bureaucracies. Labeling them “market failures” sends the erroneous message that markets are especially or even exclusively susceptible to these sorts of problems, whereas the truth is almost precisely the […]
Jul21st2005
“I invite Sen. Charles Schumer, Sen. Lindsey Graham, or any other protectionist to offer a compelling justification for protectionism — a justification that’s consistent with what almost every economist this side of the AFL-CIO has long known — one that deals with centuries of hard evidence showing that trade promotes prosperity and protectionism promotes poverty […]
Jul20th2005
Remembering Miguel Estrada
Published by in (modern day) Liberalism, General, Hispanics (Minority Issues) and Judicial Nominees. 10 CommentsIt is times like this where it is important to remember Miguel Estrada, the lawyer who, if it wasn’t for Democrats, would have probably been Bush’s pick for the Supreme Court, making him the first Hispanic on the Supreme court.
From an old article by Alberto Gonzales,
Second, the confirmation of John Roberts also […]
Jul20th2005
“Over the last several decades the courts have engaged in a massive judicial power grab committed in the name of the “living Constitution” — the vapid euphemism that liberal activists have used to pretend that the Constitution has somehow “grown” to entrench forever their own policy preferences. What Justice Scalia places squarely at issue is […]
Jul19th2005
Bush’s Pick For The Supreme Court? An Educated Guess
Published by in General, Hispanics (Minority Issues) and Judicial Nominees. 5 CommentsBased on blogs I’ve read and my own personal intuition, I would like to speculate on who I think Bush, tonight at 9pm EST, will nominate to the Supreme Court.
First Guess: Edith H. Jones ( known as the female Scalia )
Second Guess: Edith Clement
Third Guess: Emilio Garza
All three sit on […]
Jul19th2005
More Immigrants Means More Jobs
Published by in Economics, General, Hispanics (Minority Issues) and Immigration. 24 CommentsIs it a coincidence that the United States is both, the worlds economic superpower and the country that takes in the most immigrants? In the last 25 years alone, the United States has let in more immigrants than were admitted by all other industrialized countries combined. What has been the economic result of that?
The […]
Jul19th2005
“Two Los Angeles-based radio talk show hosts almost put their finger on the problem with the public school system and why those who try to reform it run into brick walls.
Here’s how one of them put it: “It’s like the only thing that matters is what’s good for the adults, and not what’s good for […]
Jul18th2005
Does The USA Have The Most Free-Market Health Care? Maybe Not
Published by in Economics, General and HealthCare. 0 CommentsNicholas Weininger, writing at Catallarchy writes:
In debates about health care it is often assumed by all sides that the US has the least socialist, most free-market health care system of any modern developed country. Advocates of market provision of health care point to the US system’s advantages as evidence of the advantages of markets; proponents […]
Jul18th2005
“Continuing in Spanish, Villaraigosa offered himself as proof that the United States is a country of opportunities and liberty. And, he asked, in what other country could his election have been possible?” –Ruben Navarrette Jr.
Jul17th2005
“Similarly in upholding Roe v. Wade. As the swing vote in Planned Parenthood v. Casey, O’Connor did not want to create yet another social revolution by overturning the blanket abortion right that had been in place for two decades. This is a reasonable social assessment. But equally reasonable is the contrary assessment, offered by Ginsburg […]
