A federal judge has taken the California government's credit card away. judge has blocked as unconstitutional the state's plan to borrow nearly $2 billion to pay for employee pensions, part of the more than $15 billion in borrowing lawmakers relied on to balance the budget. If upheld on appeal, the judge's preliminary opinion could raise […]
I watched/listened to quite a bit of Wednesday's California recall/gubernatorial debate. It was on in the newsroom, but I couldn't pay 100 percent attention to it because I had other work to do. You can find a transcript of the entire debate right here. The debate's format, something that was a point of contention, worked […]
The Associated Press has an article on the NBA's rookie orientation program -- and the comment from at least one anonymous player demonstrates that while they're legally responsible for their own actions, some of them aren't yet men. The 59 players gathered in a conference room whistle at the actresses, add their own comments to […]
In the debate, Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante, discussing education, lamented the fact that California had not built a new public university in the past 35 years. Well, that's wrong. It's those pesky facts again.
No more need for that dangerous boost phase to get a space shuttle into orbit or the super-heated re-entry. Instead, super-strong elevator cables. Very cool -- if they can get it to work.
It appears that Democrat presidential candidate Gen. Wesley Clark had better position himself as being the kind of military guy liberals who hate the military can vote for, because he isn't going to get the military vote. From the Los Altos Town Crier report on an appearance by former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of […]
The Weekly Standard's Jonathan Last takes on the Dixie Chicks' latest pronouncement that they're no longer country music artists -- they're rock 'n' rollers. Forget for a moment that this is like Ian McKellen announcing he's no longer a classically trained actor and that he now considers himself part of the Hollywood action-hero fraternity. I'm […]
Christopher Johnson over at the MCJ is on top of the division within the Episcopal Church over the decision by a majority of their bishops to substitute their feelings for the word of God.
Sen. Orrin Hatch calls the New York Times editorial page on its hypocrisy. You make a plea for "straight talk on judicial nominees" (editorial, Sept. 10), though your own talk has not always been consistent. On Jan. 1, 1995, an editorial proclaimed, "Time to Retire the Filibuster." Yet on Feb. 13 of this year, you […]
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has reinstated the Oct. 7 recall election. The truly surprising thing about this is that the ruling was unanimous. Just goes to show you how far out there on the margin the original three-judge panel was. The ACLU may appeal, but don't expect the Supreme Court to touch this […]