Just say “no” to ObamaCare

Mark Hillman

Today’s Denver Post report on Democrats’ running roughshod over Republicans to pass Obama care contained this gem from Grover Norquist of Americans for Tax Reform:

“If you’re a Republican and the Democrats have an 80-vote margin in the House, your one job is not to put your fingerprints on the murder weapon.”

There’s a time to offer constructive solutions and a time to just say, “No!”  This is the latter.  Nothing can make a government takeover — directly or indirectly — of health care palatable, and fortunately for Republicans who are too often enticed by the media to avoid appearing to be “obstructionists,” President Obama and Democrats aren’t inclined to offer so much as a fig leaf to entice the most wobbly-kneed in the GOP caucus.

Warning labels for baseball bats? Say it ain’t so!

Mark Hillman

It’s natural to sympathize with the parents of Brandon Patch, the 18-year-old baseball pitcher who died after he was hit by a batted ball in 2003.

Sooner or later, sympathy must yield to logic and reason, so when Brandon’s parents sued the bat’s manufacturer, Louisville Slugger, and a jury awarded them $850,000, they contributed to the terribly misguided notion that behind every tragedy lies a lawsuit. (more…)

Twitter is mental flatulence

Mark Hillman

Kudos to David Harsanyi for his excellent column, “C’mon, admit it.  Twitter is useless.”

To this point, I’ve found Twitter so aggressively worthless that I was forced to research exactly what I was missing. In the process, I stumbled across a useful New York Times tech column penned by David Pogue that clarified all. The headline read, “Twitter? It’s What You Make It.”

In summation, like your beloved pet rock, Twitter is useful only in your imagination.

He won’t be accused of this often, but in this case, David is much too kind. (more…)