September 27, 2013
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: ObamaCare: It's unsustainable; better to scrap it and start anew
Sidebar: Excluding Democrats in Washington and people in the news media, is there anyone who actually wants Obamacare? [rdbrewer]
Michael Barone: New Report Undercuts Global Warming Alarmists
"The religious analogy is appropriate because belief in global warming has taken on the trappings of traditional religion. Alarmists like to say the science is settled -- which is nonsense, since science is a series of theories that can be tested by observations.... Saying the science is settled is like demanding what religions demand -- that you have faith." [rdbrewer]
Charles Krauthammer: The Iranian ‘moderate’
"Such is their contempt for us that they don’t even hide their strategy: Spin the centrifuges while spinning the West. And when the president of the world’s sole superpower asks for a photo-op handshake with the president of a regime that, in President Obama’s own words, kills and kidnaps and terrorizes Americans, the killer-kidnapper does not even deign to accept the homage. Rouhani rebuffed him." [rdbrewer]
Rand Paul: Why must the American people suffer when even so many Democrats don’t want Obamacare?
"What should infuriate you the most is the fact that the same elected officials who implemented this mandate have recently declared themselves exempt from it. That is to say, these officials are forcing you to partake in something that they themselves are refusing. If Obamacare is so great, why then are federal employees and elected officials getting special treatment and opting out?" [rdbrewer]
Phys.org: Scientists create never-before-seen form of matter
Photonic molecules. (Thanks to Krakatoa.) Also from Phys.org: Solar cell with 45% efficiency. [rdbrewer]
Peggy Noonan: A Small President on the World Stage
"A scorching assessment of the president as foreign-policy actor came from a former senior U.S. diplomat, a low-key and sophisticated man who spent the week at many U.N.-related functions. 'World leaders are very negative about Obama,' he said. They are 'disappointed, feeling he's not really in charge. . . . The Western Europeans don't pay that much attention to him anymore.'" And when asked if they wanted a handshake, Iran was all "Nah bro." [rdbrewer]