Cliven Bundy is the ultimate deadbeat. He owes the government over $1 million in unpaid grazing fees. Now that he’s behind bars for fomenting armed insurrection and threatening to kill law enforcement officers, he wants — you guessed it — the government he hates so much to provide [...]
Archive for February, 2016
February 15th, 2016 - 1:08 pm § in Uncategorized
Who owns America?
This is a rhetorical question, of course, because otherwise it would be a silly question. Here’s the detailed answer. [...]
February 15th, 2016 - 11:55 am § in Misc.
Why UW Profs Opposes SEIU: Hint .. this has nothing to do with solving the problems faced by underpaid contingent faculty!
KARL KAIYALA Leadership in the unions involved in the BDS push are dominated by far-left activists who often if not inevitably exploit social issues as organizing tools. Accordingly, the views of the rank and file are often subbordinate to, or even inconsequential to, the motives of leadership. Th[...]
February 15th, 2016 - 11:41 am § in Misc.
The Suicidal GOP
Why blocking Obama’s pick to replace Scalia could cost GOP the Senate Mitch McConnell seems willing to bet the party’s majority in the Senate on a challenge to the president, but that could instead invigorate the Democratic base. The Fix: McConnell’s unforced error will be difficult to[...]
February 15th, 2016 - 11:06 am § in Schools & Colleges, UW
UW-Bothell blindsides neighbors with dormitory plans
How would you like the University of Washington dropping a 500-student dormitory into your residential neighborhood? The UW-Bothell poobahs pushing this scheme aren’t dummies. They knew it would go over like a lead balloon. So they did what comes naturally to scheming bureaucrats: They conceal[...]
February 15th, 2016 - 10:37 am § in The Ave Scene
Seattle’s plan for yet another sports arena could fail the test of tax reform!
The Seattle Times reports that Chris Hansen’s proposal to build a $490 million, bond-funded arena project could be fatally pierced if President Obama is successful at ending the tax subsidy on bonds for sports venues. I hope this is true. While I wold enjoy having a basketball team here,[...]
February 15th, 2016 - 10:31 am § in Misc.
PRESIDENT’S DAY: Reconstructing George
Our first President is alternatively praised as a Reagan like charismatic figure or dismissed as a Reagan like charismatic figure. The Daily Beast offers a different view, crediting GW with a quiet brilliance, esp. in leading a very innovative war.[...]
February 14th, 2016 - 2:02 pm § in Misc.
THE Ave Challenge: Did the Confederacy Have a Constitution?
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THE Ave DIALOG : A Norwegian and a Nigerian Debate Immigration
Knut Robert Knutsen I know that we have a problem in Norway with Christian churches taking an interest in Muslims who have been rejected for asylum but are undergoing the (tedious and often time consuming) appeals process. While they may not be persecuted in their country when they come here, if the[...]