Unca Darrell

MAY 21 / Not a good start

CANDIDATE ROMNEY's new "Day One" advert is two-thirds right on and one-third horrifying. Immediately approving the Keystone XL: That's good. So is the promise to introduce tax cuts and reforms that reward job creators rather than punishing them. But Mr. Romney's third promise inflames, possibly confirms, conservatives' worst suspicions. It says . . .  

OCTOBER 24 / GITN: Medicare doesn't want to pay

Joyce Dorris, "Out in Arlam," Garrison in the News, March 17, 2011

 

JUNE 13 / UPDATED: Why Unca D and other conservatives worry about Romney

THE POINT of the 2012 election is to change the agenda. On too many issues, Mr. Romney . . . 

JANUARY 21 / Warrior spirit

 

A USEFUL Houston Chronicle editorial on soldier suicides ended on this startling false note:

As military officials start to implement the thoughtful, detailed recommendations of [a congressionally mandated report on soldier suicides], their first priority should be to move quickly and decisively to eradicate that "warrior" spirit that prevents so many from seeking treatment. Shame on them for tolerating an environment that heaps even more stress and fear on the heroes who have already sacrificed so much for their country.

 

NOVEMBER 24 / Count your blessings

ADULTS WHO frequently feel grateful have more energy, more optimism, more social connections and more happiness than those who do not, according to studies conducted over the past decade. They're also less likely to be . . .  

OCTOBER 19 / What happens when you cross a one-child policy with . . .

. . . a nationwide measles vaccination campaign?

OCTOBER 19 / Garrison in the News

Jo Ann Barton, "Footprints: If you need it, I can find it!" Garrison in the News, September 9, 2010 

OCTOBER 13 / Another righteous takedown of the Chronicle editorial board

And someone else did the dirty work: a prominent fellow at the Baker Institute. 

SEPTEMBER 30 / Which is saying something

TODAY's Houston Chronicle editorial on Obamacare is the single most dishonest editorial I have ever seen in our local newspaper.

MAY 5 / Chronicle dives into the shallow end of the high-risk pool

THE HOUSTON CHRONICLE today made another corporate contribution to the Bill White campaign with a moan today about how Texas's unclever governor, Rick Perry, has yet again refused to spend enough other people's money. I don't have time to deliver the full drubbing the newspaper deserves, but after . . .