GOING ROGUE

Sarah Palin may no longer be governor of Alaska, but she's certainly destined to become a best-selling author. HarperCollins, her publisher, has announced the print-run of her memoir will be a staggering 1.5 million copies ... such a giant run is only ordered up when there is clear evidence from booksellers and surveys of massive interest in a book.






















Yep. Palin’s book [is] number one on both [the] Amazon and Barnes & Noble bestseller list.

THE 'CENTERIST' PUBLIC OPTION

E.J. Dionne knows Americans want government-sponsored health care; but

Because opponents know from polling that the public wants the chance to choose a government plan, they move the discourse to abstract and often demagogic ground.

Reasoned opposition isn't an option, eh?

The most revealing "argument" during the Senate Finance Committee's public-option debate on Tuesday came from Sen. Chuck Grassley. "The government is not a fair competitor," [Sen. Chuck] Grassley said. "It's a predator."

So Dionne asks: "Is it predatory for government to pay health bills for the elderly?"

Well, consider the complementary question: Is it predatory for the government to not allow anyone else to pay health bills for the elderly? Because once I turn 65, I can't opt out of Medicare.

Dionne then asks: "Is Social Security, which lives side by side with private pension and savings plans, predatory?"

Oh. please. Social Security was never intended to be a retirement system. If E.J. believes that, he should read a little history. Social Security was - and still is, for the most part - a social insurance program. If E.J wants to believe Social Security is a retirement program, then it's easily provable to be far less efficient than simply saving for retirement in a 401k-like program.

47% TO PAY NO INCOME TAX IN 2009

Why not vote for bread and circuses when you’re not on the Colloseum floor?

THE NEXT FEDERAL BAILOUT

'Great' Public Universities. Now our state universities are asking to line up at the trough. Don't I already pay enough state taxes?

My God, UC Berkley is at least in part a land-grant (Morrill Act) college. Oh, the shame ....

Via Instapundit.