QOTD - Victor David Hansen

"one of the strangest things about illegal immigration is that a nation that is monitored, taped, videoed, and bugged, that is struggling now with the AP, IRS, and NSA scandals whose common theme is excessive government intrusions in our private lives, knows absolutely nothing about those who arrive illegally into the U.S."

QOTD George Will

Progressives, being situational ethicists regarding the phenomenon of money in politics, are selectively indignant about the rich throwing around the weight of their wallets. 

My jaw dropped when I read the MoDo sentence

Seven years after the feminists tried to bring down a Supreme Court nominee for sexual harassment — but really for his conservative stances — they went into contortions to defend Clinton. 
(my emphasis)
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/02/opinion/sunday/dowd-the-gospel-according-to-paul.html?ref=opinion

Even David Brooks gets it

That’s because raises in the minimum wage are not targeted at the right people. Only 11 percent of the workers affected by such an increase come from poor households. Nearly two-thirds of such workers are the second or third earners living in households at twice the poverty line or above.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/17/opinion/brooks-the-inequality-problem.html

Cold

h/t neveryetmelted

QOTD in the NY Times by Greg Mankiw

Mr. Obama is like a physician who prescribes a medicine based on a few studies that find no side effects while ignoring others that report debilitating effects.

QOTD - Jay Nordlinger in NR

Although, in my book, a crime is a crime — no need for the special category of “hate.”