The final stretch of summer 2012 is here and as the August heat and humanity begin to simmer DC, the stench of our bloated and incompetent federal bureaucracy is also beginning to intensify. Specifically the desperation of the Democrats as they realize their dismal failures are going to actually come back to haunt them. Stink […]

It truly is amazing how much NASA accomplishes with one of the smallest budgets in the federal government. The joke has always been that the DoD blows through the entire NASA budget before the end January. Or how the nation spends more on Pizza than on the exploration of Space each year. Today, we learn […]

From the Good: The U.S. women’s swim team punctuated a commanding performance at the London Olympics with one more gold medal and another world record, winning the 400-meter medley relay Saturday night and giving teenager Missy Franklin her fourth gold in the Summer Games. To the Great: Reclaiming the lead with his trademark butterfly stroke, […]

Is this really a shock – or just a fait accompli? General Motors’ profits fell 41% in the second quarter as troubles in Europe undercut strong sales in North America. America’s largest automaker made $1.5bn in the second quarter of 2012, compared with $2.5bn for the same period last year. Revenue fell to $37.6bn from […]

Barack Obama is now experiencing why his lack of experience is so damning. In 2008, riding a wave of anti-Bush frustration from a pliant (if not brain dead) news media, The One had an easy coast to election as everyone WISHED for something better. No analysis, no vetting, no looking at warning signs. Just wishful […]

The news media – and to be honest many on the religious right – wish to confuse the Tea Party with social conservatism. But this is a complete misread of where the Tea Party started and its core tenants. The Tea Party is Libertarian at its core – small, minimalistic government. It is not super […]

I have discovered a new role model for our young girls: Missy Franklin. Her story is one of Middle America shunning the lime light and promises of money (for now). I loved her back story (fixed and updated link), how she decided to stay with her coach, her family, her friends and her school. I […]

Lord Mockton does a scientific smack-down on the apparent PR stunt that is the Berkley Earth Surface Temperature Project.  The BEST Project is devoid of science and full of theater for the scientifically challenged. In an absurd announcement this weekend, the man playing the lead role as an AGW skeptic-turned-IPCC-groupie, Professor Muller has concluded his […]

Just watched the Olympic opening and I was very impressed. I do have to wonder about some aspects (like the smoke stack backdrop to the modern era). There is so much more the UK and Great Britain could celebrate – but OK, no big deal.  The themes were good, the stagecraft good, the pace excellent […]

Update: Too funny. Apparently even before Obama’s success-envy snark he was losing support among those who create jobs:  U.S. business owners’ approval of President Barack Obama fell in the second quarter of 2012 to 35%, essentially tying farmers and fishers for the lowest approval among major occupational groups. No wonder there is a need for […]