Author Archives: Sanely Insane

Dahlhauser and Rogers . . . lost…

We have a slim familiarity with volleyball, really slim.  OK, we know a bit having played with Butch May, father of Misty and other real players.  So we know that NBC, delivered by the diminutive Bob Costas – who we … Continue reading

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We are NOT Nationalists . . .

We are not nationalists, but nonetheless want every American experiencing the glory of Olympic competition to medal – GOLD to be precise. Because of the pageantry of our “Progressive” tax code, each Gold medal costs $8,986 in taxes from those … Continue reading

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Inevitably the Obama Administration wants our BALLS!

Our liberal friends scoff at the notion that we are over-regulated. More, bigger, badder government (in the cool sense, of course) is what we need. Absent regulation, we are told,  those voracious capitalists would relentlessly find all manner of ways … Continue reading

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Milton Friedman . . . more relevant today than ever before

Milton Friedman is 100 today although he’s been quiet for the last six years. . . While it’s painful to live with Phil Donahue for even a few minutes it’s worth the time to watch this entire appearance in which … Continue reading

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Parents Rejoice!

For all of our parents out there in Realville with youngsters who aspire to be Olympic gymnasts, THIS is an Olympic silver medal handstand: Next Olympics each athlete will receive a medal for participation AND we won’t keep score!

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Well, Duh! The N. Y. Times discovers ‘Doctors’ are part of the Health Care System

In the earliest stages of the debate on the Affordable Care Act – such as it was – some sentient beings (we among them) questioned not just the wisdom of chaotically expanding  the system, but the simple arithmetic that should … Continue reading

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Oh FRACK!

Michael Barone contrasts the Booming North Dakota City Williston with the bust known as Fremont, California home of Solyndra.  The message is clear, free markets result in an ordered chaos and pick winners and losers with private – not taxpayer … Continue reading

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OK, so Al Gore Didn’t invent the internet. Neither did “THE Government”

President Obama, in the same speech in which he hectored entrepreneurs for their audacity, not of hope, but for ambition, claimed that the government created the internet.  Gordon Crovitz dispatches such nonsense efficiently.  No, it didn’t, and according to none … Continue reading

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It Pays to Be Poor

In a post bound to drive the loony left, loonier . . they can’t get leftier . . . Robert Frank of CNBC, sister station to the little watched “Progressive” network, MSNBC cites a Congressional Budget Office report on the … Continue reading

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How Democrats—and the Tea Party—Get Reagan Wrong

In his excellent article, Steve Conover puts into perspective the Reagan years. We wish we had written it. . .

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