Tag: HotAir

The Actual Minimum Wage is $0 – HotAir

You cannot outlaw reality, no matter how attractive the idea or how hard you wish it were true.  Gig delivery drivers in Seattle are learning this the hard way (as are Uber and Lyft drivers in Minneapolis).  Just two weeks after the law went into effect, Seattleites had to contend with $26 coffees and $32 […]

‘Woke’ People More Likely to be Anxious and Depressed – HotAir

A new study out of Finland set about creating a psychological assessment to identify those with woke beliefs. The study also found that those who hold such beliefs are more likely to report being anxious or depressed. Here’s how the study’s author, Oskari Lahtinen, described her own research. “While critical social justice (or intersectional or […]

Four Years Too Late NYT – HotAir

Few institutions are as responsible as the MSM, and The New York Times in particular, for spreading misinformation about the pandemic.  Yet at the Supreme Court today the Biden Administration is, with the support of most in the MSM, demanding the right to censor “misinformation.” A great example of this paradox is the Times’ “no […]

Musk Dumped Me Because I Don’t Look Like Him, IYKWIM – HotAir

Alternate headline, suggested by my Salem colleagues: Two African-Americans argue over racism.  Wink wink, nudge nudge, say no more. Or perhaps that’s what Don Lemon should have done after nosediving out of his post-CNN engagement with Elon Musk. Rather than quietly look for another partner or platform, Lemon has gone on a full-out offensive, blaming […]

Biden is Angry and Anxious About Re-Election – HotAir

Pity the poor White House staffers who have to deliver poll results to President Biden. The old man is angry to discover he isn’t doing well as he tries to get himself re-elected.  NBC News is reporting that back in January a private meeting at the White House with Biden allies was held with the […]

Inflation Much Worse Than Government Says – HotAir

Lawrence Summers, Treasury Secretary under Clinton and economic advisor to Obama, is likely getting himself into trouble once again with the Left.  While president of Harvard, he blurted out the obvious fact that men and women may be different, leading to a vote of no confidence by the faculty of Harvard, and since Biden’s election […]