Filibustered, Harvard-educated, Honduran-born appeals court nominee Miguel Estrada has withdrawn his name from consideration by the Senate. Somebody ought to stick their foot up New York Sen. Chuck Schumer's ***. But Sen. Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.), a Judiciary Committee member, said Estrada's decision to withdraw his nomination could have been avoided if the administration had […]
Driving in early to work this morning I got the rare opportunity (I'm usually asleep at that hour) to listen to the local talk radio show. I actually got to listen to a lot of the show, because traffic was horrendous (it took me nearly a half-hour just to get onto the freeway). A caller […]
Pejman Yousefzadeh has a long, involved, link-filled post on gubernatorial hopeful Cruz Bustamante and his ties to the racist, separatist organization, MEChA. Some partisans have gone out of their way to excuse the inexcusable. Pejman does an excellent job of taking them to task.
It seems at least one Texas Democrat has decided that the majority rules, and has ended his "exile" in New Mexico, likely giving Republicans the quorum they need to push through a fair redistricting plan. [If you're unfamiliar with the background of this situation, check here and here.] In the New York Times story, Democrat […]
CNet's News.com site often does a pretty good job of tech reporting -- explaining sometimes complex issues in terms most computer users can understand. However, this statement in a Q&A with State Sen. Deborah Bowen had me chuckling: The head of a Senate subcommittee on new technologies, Bowen is no technophobe. She's among the many […]
I was going through some old files, straightening some things up, when I came across some of my old Cal Poly "Student Grade Reports." It's been nearly a decade since I graduated, and I've forgotten many of these classes I was required to take. Interestingly enough, I came across my final grade report -- I […]
On ABC News' "This Week" on Sunday, California Gov. Gray Davis dismissed criticism from "The Governator" by saying: "Until he sits in those shoes -- and I don't think he's going to have a chance to -- he's really in no position to criticize what we've done," the governor said. I shall attempt to follow […]
An audiotape alleged to have been made by Saddam Hussein denied responsibility for last Friday's bombing in Najaf that killed scores, including a leading Iraqi cleric. This is curious because it's probably the first time a terrorism supporter has released a statement denying responsibility. Also, when I first heard about it, I thought: "Of course, […]
The following letter appeared in Monday's San Diego Union-Tribune. Unfortunately, due to the less-than-stellar integration between the print side and the electronic side, it's not available online. I am currently deployed in northern Iraq, and would like to express my thanks to everyone who supports us and what we are fighting for. For those, however, […]