We've said it before, and we'll say it again: The Daily Caller's Mickey Kaus and The Washington Post's Jennifer Rubin debate the issues so you don't have to. It's a civilized, somewhat wonky, and often funny take on all the issues. This week: Is Romney's past the Bain of his existence, poking holes in the myth of Obama as the uber-campaigner, who's better at creating jobs, and what should we do about Iran.
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Mar '11
Re: I Condemn You!
This one doesn't seem to have appeared yet in the Member Super Feed.
The Young Guns one, posted several hours later, has come through.
Edited on May 26, 2012 at 4:09amRe: I Condemn You!
We'll look into that. Thanks for the heads up.
Sep '10
Re: I Condemn You!
Couple of comments: (1) Being associated with a university program that is adding an online program I doubt there will much if any difference in tuition for online programs. And why would there be? They require everything the campus programs provide but substitute the Web for buildings (construction costs will decrease, ultimately diminishing the tradition campus experience). (Also, there's no way professors are gonna be willing to earn less—if anything, they're going to be asked to have more skills, specifically, the ability to thrive in the online classroom.) And (2) as someone whose A+ child has grown up in the public school system and who has been surrounded by so-called progressive parents who never considered sending their child (yes, always one) to public school, I submit that it's not the schools; it's the students (talking middle America here, not DC). Good schools are self-selected for students who have parents who have expectations for their children. Long gone is the primary problem one of ethnic immigrants struggling to assimilate into one overriding culture through the school system. (Though, interestingly, I saw far more Hispanic parents than black parents at elementary school functions.)
Mar '11
Re: I Condemn You!
Actually, on reflection and digging around in iTunes, I think this might have been a problem at my end. It's there in the podcast feed, but my subscription didn't grab it automatically as it was supposed to. But I have it now!
Jul '10
Re: I Condemn You!
The notion was raised and conceded by Rubin & Kaus that the Obama campaign, misfiring on all cylinders, just has to connect on one or two issues between now and election day to bring down Romney. Actually, these missteps, the War on Women, the attempted lynching of George Zimmerman, and the rest, are eating deeply and permanently into Obama's support. The whole Fluke affair, for just one example, was insulting to American women and loaded with empty identity politics rhetoric that was laughed out of mainstream politics (if not the bent opposition media) in the seventies. Tone deafness is not a category where the great campaigner was supposed to compete.
And as for the War on Capitalism, that will come to a halt the instant the under 30 crowd reads Muggeridge's Winter in Moscow. which I bought a few years ago and now I notice is out of print and way overpriced.
Edited on May 28, 2012 at 11:15pmDec '10
Re: I Condemn You!
What I find most remarkable about these two is their ability to look at a problem from many different angles and STILL get it wrong.
God forbid anyone with money be able to send their kids to a better school while still using their portion of the property taxes they pay via a voucher.
Every time I think, "Well, it's been a few weeks, maybe they've gotten better. I'll give them another listen.", and yet again I come away shaking my head.
[Editor's Note: Final sentence redacted for CoC violation]
Edited on May 30, 2012 at 7:02pm