Dan Calabrese

Remember how ObamaCare was going to reduce ER visits for routine care? Yeah, about that . . .

The theory seems pretty straightforward: If more people have health coverage, more people have access to quality care.

ISIS claims responsibility for Mohammad cartoon shooting in Texas

I suppose this was inevitable, just as the shooting itself was inevitable. There may be no way of knowing for sure if ISIS directed the shooters to do what they did - either directly or indirectly - but it only makes sense that they would make this claim. They're not likely to pay any price for doing so, and they clearly think it serves their interests to create the impression that they're on the ground in the U.S.

Jimmy Carter: Unlike Netanyahu, the leader of Hamas is really committed to peace

First of all, someone here is lying. Benjamin Netanyahu says Jimmy Carter wanted to meet with him during his current visit to Israel, and Netanyahu refused.

Let's compare Obama's recovery to Reagan's, shall we?

There are recoveries and then there are recoveries, and one pattern we've discussed here before is that an economy bouncing back from a recession should - according to the historical pattern - see pretty robust growth.

Three more GOP presidential announcements coming this week

I don't really get the sentiment that there are too many Republican presidential candidates. At this point, what's the harm having lots of contenders? It's not as if more than one will win the nomination and split the vote. The more the merrier, I say.

Oh by the way, those state-run ObamaCare exchanges are in huge financial trouble

If ObamaCare is working marvelously, as Democrats and the media would have you believe, someone might want to inform the states who jumped right in and set up ObamaCare exchanges.

Obama wants to spend $20 million to 'help' local police departments buy body cameras

I don't think Obama's intentions are very honorable here. In proposing to spend $20 million to "help" (force?) local police departments to buy body cameras to be worn by officers, he's playing to the dishonest narrative that police brutality is out of control and every move cops make have to be watched so we can catch them beating the innocent citizens. That is a load of crap. But ironically, I think that if they actually do this, the reason this load of crap has come to be so widely believed might be neutralized.

Uh oh: Witness says Freddie Gray intentionally injured himself in police van

Perhaps overlooked in the midst of the Baltimore riots is the fact that their purported cause - the death of Freddie Gray in police custody - remains a mystery insofar as the investigation of its cause is not complete. The presumption of the mobs and of the media is that the cops beat Gray and caused the spinal injury that led to his death.

Not news: Orioles to host White Sox; News: No fans will be allowed to attend

It will be an eerie thing to watch. Normally I would not take advantage of my MLB.tv subscription to tune in an Orioles-White Sox day game in late April, but something this bizarre is simply not to be missed. Adam Jones swings. Fly ball to deep left. The roar of the crowd . . . sorry, make that the silence of a completely empty stadium.

Economic forecasters expect major slowdown in U.S. GDP growth

If there's been one consistent thing about the Obama economic record, it's that it's wildly inconsistent. There have been many quarters of tepid growth, but also plenty of combinations in which we'll see a huge drop followed by a huge jump, or vice versa.

Baltimore mayor: I never said we were giving people space to destroy . . .

Rob told you yesterday about Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake saying that the city had made an effort to "give those who wish to destroy space to do that."

Baltimore mob violence has nothing to do with Freddie Gray

As you watch the images of violent mobs looting a CVS and then setting it on fire, along with the images of burning trash cans being thrown at police and so much other mayhem happening in Baltimore, you have to be careful not to get caught up in the media narrative of what's animating these mobs.

GoFundMe shuts down campaign for bakery targeted by gay marriage fascists

Apparently it's not enough for the Gay Borg to force people to bake cakes for their weddings, and it's not enough for gay couples feigning mental distress to get massive cash awards for bureaucrats for their troubles. Now they need to make it impossible for the Christian bakers to pay them the money you'd think they'd want to receive, by pressuring GoFundMe to shut down campaign pages on behalf of said bakers.

Fantastic: Russian hackers were reading Obama's e-mails

They're Russian. They're apparently quite a bit more tech-savvy than anyone in our own government. And they've been helping themselves to peeks at Barack Obama's e-mails.

Hillary: Deep-seated religious beliefs have to change so there can be more abortions

Do you oppose abortion because you believe God views all life - including that of the unborn - as sacred and deserving of protection? Well you'd better change that belief! Hillary Clinton thinks its a problem. We need to have more abortions, you see, and that's not going to happen if you keep clinging to the same religious beliefs you've held up to now.

Dumbest statement ever: Pete Rose 'has served his time'

A lot of people are excited about the fact that MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred is letting Pete Rose participate in ceremonies related to the All Star Game because it's being played this year in Cincinnati.

How about giving Iran a $50 billion signing bonus to seal the nuke deal?

If it surprises you that the Obama Administration would be mulling a $50 billion "signing bonus" to incentivize Iran to sign the bonkers nuclear deal that has become the obsession of President Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry, I'd suggest you look into the behavior patterns of people who are desperate. And that especially applies to people who are trying their hardest to get their love requited and finding that it's just not happening.

Clintons got cash, Russians got one-fifth of all America's uranium . . . hey, what's the problem?

I'm getting behind. It's really a challenge keeping up with all the corruption now being exposed about the Clinton Foundation and the connection between the money the Clintons accepted and the decisions Bill Clinton's Wife was making at the State Department. So as she might say, this is "old news" insofar as it came out yesterday, but it's still fund watching her campaign trying to claim there's no evidence she did anything wrong.

Bobby Jindal in NYT op-ed: Louisiana's RFRA is staying, no matter what the left (or big business) tries

If you want to view it as strategy in preparation for a possisble presidential run, go ahead. I have no idea if Bobby Jindal wants to run for president or not, but if the way you position yourself to run for president is to do your current job well, that sounds like the right way to do things.

Busted: Clinton Foundation told IRS it got no donations from foreign governments for three years . . .

The biggest news here may not be the news itself, although it's certainly significant. That the Clintons lied about where their money was coming from? No surprise. That they've been caught red-handed and forced to admit it? Sure, that's serious news.