"Abandon Hope, All Ye Who Enter....."
Ted Cruz and New York Values. Kevin D. Williamson, National Review Online. Yet another in the continuing list of data points that Republicans don't do urban. (And it's killing them electorally)
The Jr. scribes over at Chron.com have some issues. Increasingly it feels as if their writing on social events is public therapy. Messy, hilarious, public therapy.
Democrats are struggling. The choice is between a bad candidate who struggles with the truth and a bad candidate who struggles with financial literacy. One of them will eventually win.
Speaking of struggling. "Trump as reincarnated Jacksonian populist is an interesting theory.
Slouching toward Tax Reform. Kevin D. Williamson, National Review Online Williamson is among the best political writers on the right hand side of the ledger right now. This article is one of the reasons why.
World Class Scapegoating.
Which seems to be working BTW.
It is both amazing, and sad, that we have created an entire generation of underclass who are seemingly going through life as low-functioning idiots.
Speaking of low-functioning idiots.
Even sadder, when you point this out people scream "racist!" except that it's got nothing to do with race at all.
Speaking of low-functioning idiots. We have convinced ourselves that a political plan to damage the source of fund-raising for the ruling class' political opponents is somehow good science.
The problem is the so-called "academics" are the lowest-functioning idiots of all.
Also, (read the comment on this story by TSUJones) You cannot argue with crazy. So stop trying.
Also under fire: The 'gig' economy - It's hard to regulate and even harder for politicians to figure out ways to tax. Therefore it must be made illegal. (Oh, and it's cutting into the pockets of established donors such as hotels, taxis and other businesses, which is probably the most important thing of all)
Yes, a business HAS the right to determine the gender classification of their restrooms. They are even allowed, as is the case here, to discriminate against men by not offering them a gender-specific option. (This is because men are not a protected class.) What this is not is a justification for Parker's Folly. Instead it's an argument against. Too bad the Jr. scribes at ChronBlog cannot make that connection.
Get ready to pay for upgrades to NRG Stadium. It seems that Bob McNair's middling NFL franchise is no longer going to be satisfied with a middling NFL stadium. Only the best for 8-8 mind you.
Annise Parker is off to Harvard. - One hopes that she's not teaching a class in ordinance writing.
Bernie Sanders wants desperately to raise taxes on anything, everything and everyone. - He hasn't a clue what he's actually going to do with the money, only that it should be in government, rather than private hands.
The Chron's worthless editorial board calls for Paxton to step down due to indictment, investigations. Given this same logic I expect them to call for Hillary Clinton's immediate withdrawal from the race for the Presidency. Still waiting.........
Read this column from the Orange County (California) Register. Now try to imagine something so blatantly free-market running in the pages of the Houston Chronicle. You can't. Which is 100% why the Chronicle is bleeding subscribers, revenues and has not a shred of journalistic credibility remaining. Just a little balance is all it would take. Yet the leadership is incapable of even providing that.
And finally.......
How are those minimum wage increases working out for you poor folks? The law of unintended consequences rears it's ugly head.
Maybe the next week will bring us some better news. I know I could use some right about now.
