November 11, 2012

My WWII Veteran father is buried with my mother in Calverton National Cemetery.He would have been 100 this year.



The NY Post Headline crew do it again. Forget about "Embed" and "all-in," this one is great.



Forest Hills Greenmarket Squash.



The I-Pad has so many features, I picked up this book. Despite their title, the series is a very good one.



Brain Pickings features The New Yorker and Dogs today. One of my favorite cartoons.



Some unintended consequences of acts. Money talks. Screwing your employees never makes sense in the long run. Example of short-term thinking. Surprised 29 hour weeks didn't make the election cycle.

June 28, 2012

CNN and Fox news blew the initial call. I was all for it with two boys needing Health Care Coverage.

National Federation of Independent Business, et al., Petitioners V. Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al.

Chief Justice Roberts was holding his nose while upholding it :

"We do not consider whether the Act embodies sound policies. That judgment is entrusted to the Nation's elected leaders. We ask only whether Congress has the power under the Constitution to enact the challenged provisions.

The Framers created a Federal Government of limited powers, and assigned to this Court the duty of enforcing those limits. The Court does so today. But the Court does not express any opinion on the wisdom of the Affordable Care Act. Under the Constitution, that judgment is reserved to the people. "