The New Republic

Veronique de Rugy of AEI, National Review, Reason, and pretty much every organ of the conservative movement, produces a chart that she thinks has debunked President Obama's claims about health care reform saving money: READ MORE >>

One of the persistent memes of conservative discourse is that any right-of-center figure who deviates from the right-wing line must be searching for the financial and social rewards of mainstream respectability. (A similar dynamic, of course, can be found on the left.) A couple years ago, Julian Sanchez wrote a deservedly-influential reply: READ MORE >>

In response to the Congressional Budget Office's calculation that the stimulus increased employment by somewhere between 1 and 2.1 million, Veronique de Rugy has made a chart to show that the stimulus has failed: READ MORE >>

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I liked this quote from Barney Frank: He also downplayed concerns that talent would flee the industry. READ MORE >>

  Some government-bashing from National Review: $1.8 Million for a Map. Seriously?   [Veronique de Rugy] READ MORE >>

Courtesy of Veronique de Rugy, over at The Corner: The New York Times reports that Obama just named the "openly gay lawyer" David Huebner to be his new ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa. I always find it a little disturbing when people's sexual preferences make newspaper headlines (especially when it's not to explain that children have been molested). READ MORE >>