Chelsea Clinton and the Travails of the Undeserving 1%

By: Repair_Man_Jack (Diary)  |  November 16th at 11:00 AM  | 

In another win for the famously blind meritocracy that rules American life, rewarding the ultra-talented and pushing the less brilliant and skilled into the outer darkness, Chelsea Clinton has landed a coveted position at NBC News. This was almost as much a surprise as her admission to Stanford… – Walter Russell Mead Via Meadia I hope that the #OWSers, those mighty progressive warriors, those fine | Read More »

The Consequences of Inconsequence

By: Repair_Man_Jack (Diary)  |  January 14th at 01:27 PM  | 

From the diaries by Erick I probably have zero drops of Mayan blood in my veins. I do, however, admire their imaginative take on apocalyptic prophesy. I think they just about got 2012 dead-on. Even absent the bitter hatred accompanying a Presidential Election in our divided states of America, that year will require a little more than just Advil to take the edge off. People | Read More »