Unca Darrell

FEBRUARY 28 / Progressives preach . . .

. . . more spending, more taxing, and more regulation. So does the uber-progressive Houston Chronicle.

In the last eight days, the paper -- in the voice of its editors, cartoonist, and public-affairs columnists -- has urged more spending at least six times, more regulation at least five times, and more taxes at least once. 

The paper frosted this three-layed cake with filigrees of criticism and mockery for those who would spend less, tax less, and regulate less: conservatives generally, the Tea Party in particular.

Details below.

FEBRUARY 27 / Texans, naturally

 

FEBRUARY 26 / On Michelle Obama's star turn at the Academy Awards

HOLLYWOOD has enough of a reputation for being in the pocket of the Democratic Party, but now they are not only in the pocket, they're in the . . . 

FEBRUARY 25 / Jack Lew's sweet unemployment contract

[THE] STORY is how Wall Street has become a get-rich-turnstile for Democratic political operatives. The terms of Mr. Lew's original employment contract with Citi included a bonus guarantee if he left the bank for . . . 

FEBRUARY 23 / Civilization and barbarism

GREAT POLITICAL movies transcend that category and tell us something useful, often depressing, sometimes inspiring, about the human condition. The best of recent years was "The Lives of Others," the brilliant 2006 Academy Award winner for Best Foreign Film about an East German Stasi agent who spied on artists and intellectuals.

A powerful documentary now joins the list. It's . . .

FEBRUARY 22 / "Forrest Gump at Treasury"

Investor in Cayman Islands tax havens? Check. Recipient of a bonus and corporate jet rides underwritten by taxpayers at a bailed-out bank? Check. Executive at a university that accepted student-loan "kickbacks" . . .

FEBRUARY 19 / Some folks laugh at this and others . . .

. . . understand it, respect it, and love it.

FEBRUARY 18 / World's second-greatest two-guitar jam

The Allman Brothers Band's . . .

FEBRUARY 17 / Is this true?

I've always been crazy, but it's kept me . . .

FEBRUARY 16 / Another proof of . . .

. . . the existence of God: