Unca Darrell

AUGUST 31 / James Q. Wilson on capitalism

CAPITALISM IS NOT simply an amoral, much less an immoral, tool for material satisfaction. Capitalism depends upon and enhances moral qualities by stimulating deferred gratification, encouraging risk-taking, and rewarding the customary decencies in buy-seller transactions.

AUGUST 31 / Style, usage, journalism

The thing to read

IF YOU THINK an apostrophe was one of the 12 disciples of Jesus, you will never work for me. If you think a semicolon is a regular colon with an identity crisis, I will not hire you. . . .

AUGUST 30 / What would President Obama do in a second term?

HE CERTAINLY won't tell you.

Kimberly Strassel does . . . 

AUGUST 30 / Romney just gained 10 points on . . .

. . . the Real Clear Politics Electoral College map. Details at "Following the Polls."

AUGUST 30 / Unca D's pick as the RNC mystery guest

Mrs. Reagan.

"Ronnie would be . . .

AUGUST 30 / So much for the Constitution. So much for . . .

. . . the rule of law. 

The Chronicle has again endorsed the president's temporary amnesty plan for illegal immigrants brought here as children, so they can "work and study without fear of deportation." 

So be it. Maybe it's good policy. But the president . . .

AUGUST 29 / The money quotation from . . .

. . . Ann Romney's speech:

Mitt doesn't like to talk about how he has helped others because he sees it as a privilege, not a political talking point.

Here's what she should have said:

AUGUST 29 / We need a baseline . . .

. . . to see how much (or if) Romney-Ryan bounces, post-convention. Go to "Following the Polls" for the numbers.

AUGUST 28 / Americans, declinists?

DO YOU THINK the United States is on the rise as a civilization or is it on the decline?

AUGUST 27 / News the Houston Chronicle . . .

. . . doesn't think important, can't understand, can't explain, and doesn't want you to think about:

Texas got its . . .