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• Media Transparency Makes Better News Consumers
  Blogger Shannon Love argues a point about media transparency and bias disclosure that I’ve been making for years: Obama’s Federal Trade Commission have decided to regulate blogs based on the premise that undisclosed financial relationships between bloggers and businesses could lead bloggers to deceive their readers as to the value of products they blog about. ...
  Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:23:48 +0000
• I Would Have Told Them for Half That Price
  “The federal government is spending $423,500 to find out why men don’t like to wear condoms,” reports Fox News. I’ll give the government a hint in language they can understand: the words no, stimulus and package could be used in a valid answer.
  Tue, 23 Jun 2009 01:41:24 +0000
• Chart of the Day
  Remember when passing the Obama Administration’s stimulus plan was vital to saving the republic? ...
  Fri, 19 Jun 2009 12:24:17 +0000
• Quote of the Day
  The Washington Times reports on an appearance made by former President George W. Bush: He lamented the politics of personal destruction that he said is rampant in Washington, noting, though, that it has always been thus. Recalling how a treasury secretary and a vice president once fought a duel, he joked: “At least when my vice [...]
  Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:07:48 +0000
• Unexpected Global Cooling Threatening Food Supply
  London’s Telegraph reports: For the second time in little over a year, it looks as though the world may be heading for a serious food crisis, thanks to our old friend “climate change”. In many parts of the world recently the weather has not been too brilliant for farmers. After a fearsomely cold winter, June brought [...]
  Mon, 15 Jun 2009 13:04:00 +0000
• Joke of the Day: The Lion and the Naval Officer
  Received in an e-mail forward recently: Sam, a U.S. Naval Officer, visits New York City for Fleet Week. With the afternoon off, he decides to see the Bronx Zoo. Dressing in civilian clothes so as not to attract attention, he blends in well with the other tourists. As Sam strolls by the lion’s cage, he notices a little [...]
  Sat, 13 Jun 2009 20:34:43 +0000
• Not Again: Bucknell University vs. Free Speech
  My alma mater disappoints again: Student rights are under assault at Bucknell University, where a conservative student group’s protests against affirmative action policies and President Obama’s stimulus plan have repeatedly been shut down or forbidden by administrators using flimsy or patently false excuses. ...
  Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:26:50 +0000
• The Ever-Quotable Reverend Wright
  President Obama’s former “spiritual advisor” is making news again: The Rev. ...
  Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:15:15 +0000
• New Site Features & RSS Feeds
  I’m often coming across interesting links online that I don’t get a chance to include in Brain Terminal posts. Recently, I’ve begun using a Twitter account to broadcast these links, so you can benefit from my obsessive online reading. But you don’t have to use Twitter to see these links. Brain Terminal pages now include a [...]
  Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:21:20 +0000
• Selective Racial Equality
  Joe Paladino of Lake Mary, Florida e-mailed in response to my piece on President Obama’s choice for the Supreme Court, Sonia Sotomayor. And, no, the reason I’m posting this is not because of the first paragraph... I keep telling myself. Joe writes: First off, let me say that I love your site. There have been very [...]
  Wed, 03 Jun 2009 12:49:30 +0000
• Local Government Regulates Prayer in Homes
  Another example of government regulation run amok: A local pastor and his wife claim they were interrogated by a San Diego County official, who then threatened them with escalating fines if they continued to hold Bible studies in their home, 10News reported. Attorney Dean Broyles of The Western Center For Law & Policy was shocked with what [...]
  Tue, 02 Jun 2009 12:34:28 +0000
• Sotomayor’s Not-So-Sotto Voce
  In the mid-1970s, Sonia Sotomayor—President Obama’s nominee for a seat on the Supreme Court—was a student at Princeton. ...
  Mon, 01 Jun 2009 11:41:14 +0000
• Question of the Day
  Slate’s Mickey Kaus looks at the the Obama Administration’s bailout of the United Auto Workers union and asks: Why should the government tax unskilled workers making $18 an hour, who haven’t bankrupted their employers, in order to protect unskilled workers making $28 an hour, and who have bankrupted their employers, from having to take a pay [...]
  Sun, 31 May 2009 21:18:32 +0000
• Sweeping More Cheerios Out of the Mail Bag
  The recent post on the FDA’s regulation of Cheerios as a drug generated a lot of e-mail from readers. Last week, I posted a well-reasoned disagreement with my view on the matter. Here are a couple more responses: Maybe the cholesterol lowering qualities are not the result of the Cheerios themselves, but the fact that the [...]
  Fri, 29 May 2009 22:47:30 +0000
• Stop Flattering Me, People!
  One reason I really enjoy operating Brain-Terminal.com is that I get so many nice notes from people wishing me well. Here is an e-mail I received recently from one fan of my work: From: Aca Acambaro <aca_group@hotmail.com> To: Evan Coyne Maloney Subject: Hilarious Usually I need to hear or read a few sentences to figure out who is a [...]
  Thu, 28 May 2009 22:15:04 +0000
• So Much Wiser Than a White Male
  Reverend Jeremiah Wright’s most famous congregant dishes out another heaping helping of racial healing with his Supreme Court pick: I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn’t lived that life.—Judge Sonia Sotomayor,President Barack Obama’s nominee [...]
  Wed, 27 May 2009 02:28:46 +0000
• A Nation of Suckers and Slaves
  In 21st century America, the federal government's solution to every financial problem seems the same: people who are responsible with money are forced to foot the bill for the reckless.
  Thu, 21 May 2009 23:26:51 +0000
• Paying for Someone Else’s Credit Card Abuse
  Once again, it seems that the people who follow the rules and pay on time are going to get stuck with the bill for those who don’t: Credit cards have long been a very good deal for people who pay their bills on time and in full. Even as card companies imposed punitive fees and penalties [...]
  Thu, 21 May 2009 12:44:56 +0000
• Say Yes to FDA Regulation of Cheerios
  Brain Terminal reader Blake I. Markus disagrees with my take on the Food & Drug Administration’s apparent desire to regulate Cheerios: Evan, I have a small complaint about your article, Kids! Just Say No... to Cheerios. I normally agree with your sentiments, but this one is hard to swallow. I am very libertarian when it comes to limiting [...]
  Wed, 20 May 2009 04:43:58 +0000
• Kids! Just Say No... to Cheerios
  Cheerios. It’s a tough habit to break. I should know. I’ve been there. There have been many nights when my dessert consisted of a bowl of Cheerios. On certain nights, two or more. So I understand how hard it is to extricate oneself from the clutches of such a potent addiction. I understand why Our Benevolent Nanny, the federal [...]
  Thu, 14 May 2009 03:59:39 +0000
• Your Hard-Earned Tax Dollars At Work
  Yeah, let’s trust our health care to the same people responsible for this: Millions of Americans on Social Security are receiving $250 checks as part of the president’s stimulus plan — including an Anne Arundel [County, Maryland] woman who died more than 40 years ago. The woman’s son, 83-year-old James Hagner, said he got the surprise when [...]
  Wed, 13 May 2009 01:22:33 +0000
• Government Budget Fact of the Day
  Courtesy of the Associated Press: The government will have to borrow nearly 50 cents for every dollar it spends this year, exploding the record federal deficit past $1.8 trillion under new White House estimates.
  Wed, 13 May 2009 01:21:27 +0000
• Screwed by that Government Car Company
  Chrysler, the car company that will soon be owned by the federal government and the powerful union partially responsible for driving the company into the ground, is no longer honoring “lemon law” settlements to buyers of bad cars: Chrysler’s bankruptcy is throwing a wrench into California’s lemon law, which is intended to make it easier for [...]
  Mon, 11 May 2009 12:27:22 +0000
• Our Mafia White House
  History is rife with examples of mafia ties to labor unions. Now, President Obama is using mafia tactics to steal from bondholders and give the loot to one of his biggest source of campaign funds, labor unions: The President has just harshly castigated hedge fund managers for being unwilling to take his administration’s bid for their [...]
  Wed, 06 May 2009 13:29:39 +0000
• White House Picks Up the Pitchforks Against “the Speculators”
  New York Post columnist Irwin M. ...
  Tue, 05 May 2009 03:01:41 +0000