France’s Integrating Muslims

The birthrate of Muslims in France is also converging on the mean. It’s been falling since the early-1980s and now stands at 2.5 versus 2.0 (interestingly the birthrate in the Maghreb is 1.8). In the next few decades France’s Muslim population will grow to be a larger minority, but nevertheless still a small one. Increasingly… Continue reading France’s Integrating Muslims

Pantless man accused of harassing neighbor’s horse

A man who apparently wasn’t wearing pants has been accused of harassing a neighbor’s horse. The Tri-City Herald reported the horse’s owner spotted a bald man without any pants chasing the horse about 3:30 a.m. Friday in a corral. Benton County sheriff’s deputies identified a 26-year-old man, who lives next door, as the suspect and… Continue reading Pantless man accused of harassing neighbor’s horse

TARP could have cost taxpayers $700 billion. Now it looks like it might break even

As we approach the one-year anniversary of the Panic of 2008, it’s clear that the actual cost of the TARP will be a fraction of the original $700 billion estimate and that taxpayers are even turning a profit from the central component of the package. From Slate: TARP could have cost taxpayers $700 billion I… Continue reading TARP could have cost taxpayers $700 billion. Now it looks like it might break even

Krugman: Nobody could have predicted

First, those who don’t want to nominate Hillary Clinton because they don’t want to return to the nastiness of the 1990s a sizable group, at least in the punditocracy are deluding themselves. Any Democrat who makes it to the White House can expect the same treatment: an unending procession of wild charges and fake scandals,… Continue reading Krugman: Nobody could have predicted

The death panels are already here

Long before anyone started talking about government “death panels” or warning that Obama would have the government ration care, 17-year-old Nataline Sarkisyan, a leukemia patient from Glendale, Calif., died in December 2007, after her parents battled their insurance company, Cigna, over the surgery. Cigna initially refused to pay for it because the company’s analysis showed… Continue reading The death panels are already here