General Motors announced this week that its negotiations to sell the Hummer brand to a Chinese company have fallen through, and barring a Saab-Stryker-type save, it seems highly likely the brand will die. (Cue exaggerated rejoicing from the usual quarters.) Yeah, yeah, rape the planet and all that, but the bottom line is that Hummers … Read more
My thoughts and prayers are with the friends and family of Dawn Brancheau, the trainer who was killed by one of her charges at Sea World in Orlando yesterday. I saw more than one person on Twitter either say or retweet something like “what part of ‘killer whale’ don’t you understand? Duh!” Well, that is … Read more
Obama’s latest dog and pony show health care summit is today. If, like me, you’re sort of interested in the proceedings, but are fairly confident you haven’t the stomach for the unabridged event, The Corner and Critical Condition at National Review Online should both be excellent places for liveblogging. If you have any trouble and … Read more