What Was Lindsey Graham Thinking?

John R. “Buck” Surdu This week Lindsey Graham introduced a bill to create a nationwide ban on abortion after 15 weeks. This plays right into the hands of the Democrats, who are whipping up their base for the mid-term elections. It provides them with talking points to say, “See, we told you Republicans are trying …

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Jamie Gauthier stands with Larry Krasner!

Trouble is, that also means she stands with the thugs, the gang-bangers, and the killers in her city. Republican members of the Pennsylvania state House of Representatives are considering the impeachment of Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner, and City Councilwoman Jamie Gauthier (D-3rd District) — and please pardon me for assuming her gender — is …

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Despite the spin, Republicans do have a path to win the Senate

Midterms

Democrats were riding high this summer. The Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade energized the party’s base and the economic woes that had been plaguing the Biden administration began to subside as gas prices dropped. The party had finally scored several legislative wins with the Inflation Reduction Act and the Chips and Science Act. …

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Texas Governor Buses Illegal Immigrants to Kamala Harris’ Residence; She Is Not Amused

Kamala Harris

After Vice President Kamala Harris declared on national television that the U.S. border is secure last Sunday, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott sent two buses carrying 101 illegal immigrants to her residence. Fox News reported that the migrants were dropped off at the gate outside Harris’ Naval Observatory residence on Thursday morning. The group had been …

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Critical Thinking: Decisions and System 1 System 2 Thinking

Critical Thinking: Decisions and System1 System2 Thinking   Figure 1 Integrated System 1 and System 2 Approach Daniel Kahneman identified System 1 and System 2 as two different ways to think through issues and solve problems. System 1 is quick and intuitive. System 2 is slower and process knowledge driven. Good teams fuse the two …

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Biden Suffers Brain Freeze Mid-Sentence, Butchers ‘America’

Biden gaffes

Maybe President Joe Biden should stay away from trying to recite the preamble to the Declaration of Independence. Because it never seems to end well for him. Speaking to a group of union workers in Boston, Massachusetts, about the Infrastructure Law on Monday, Biden botched it once again. He suffered a brain freeze halfway through …

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Bidenflation: The American Working Class Are Primarily Republican Voters, So You Can’t Expect the Biden Administration to Consider Them, Can You?

I was wryly amused to see these two editorial links together on the front page of The Wall Street Journal’s website front page Wednesday morning. As President Joe Biden wants desperately to reduce inflation, with the midterm elections just 55 days away, it demonstrates the lack of thought the Administration has put into its policies. …

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Rand Paul Force Feeds Fauci His Own Words

Moral Hazard

The ongoing feud between White House medical adviser and the Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Dr. Anthony Fauci, and Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, a Republican and also a physician, picked up on Wednesday during a Senate hearing on the Biden administration’s response to the monkeypox virus. Paul played a clip …

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