The California State Supreme Court ruled today that Catholic Charities of Sacramento must provide coverage for contraceptives, despite the Catholic Church's prohibition on their use. The state supreme court said the charity, incorporated separately from the church, was not a "religious employer" exempt from legislation mandating such coverage. While affiliated with the Catholic Church, the […]
Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide is out -- and says that the mean U.S. Marines forced him out in a coup d'etat. The Congressional Black Caucus is screaming bloody murder that a "democratically elected" president was ousted. If Aristide was genuinely re-elected, as critics of the Bush administration claim, then any lame claims of President Bush […]
Voters in California and several other states go to the ballot box tomorrow for the Super Tuesday primary. For California residents wanting my take on the ballot initiatives (I'll leave you to your own devices on the candidates for various races), here they are: Prop. 55 is a $12.3 billion bond issue for building new […]
First, Laura Bartholomew Armstrong takes aim at Sen. John Kerry's participation in Vietnam Veterans Against the War. As the kid of a real war hero who did not come back, I'd like to comment not on Kerry's service, but his postservice activities. Vietnam Veterans Against the War, Mr. Kerry's organization of choice when he returned […]
From all appearances the months long grocery strike will soon be over. (Full disclosure: I worked at an Alpha Beta grocery store while I was in high school and was therefore a member of UFCW Local 135.) After reading numerous articles on the substance of the proposed contract, you can only come to one conclusion: […]
My senior project at Cal Poly SLO was a content analysis of the Los Angeles Times coverage of the abortion issue. My findings confirmed those of Times reporter David Shaw who also did an extensive report on abortion coverage in the major media. In short, when covering abortion: The media is more likely to quote […]
It appears as though someone got ticked at New York Times columnist Paul Krugman and wrote him a missive filled with words not usually used in polite company. Krugman's response? Send in the FBI. I must say that I'm disappointed. I was bashing Krugman before bashing Krugman was cool -- and I haven't even received […]
I was sitting at my desk at the Union-Tribune when the news came in that the California Supreme Court refused to put a halt to the illegal gay "marriages" being conducted in San Francisco. I was first informed of the decision by an excited co-worker who yelled out "hooray!" at the news. The response by […]
"Best of the Web Today" notes yesterday's vote in the House to approve the Unborn Victims of Violence Act (aka Laci and Conner's law). The law would recognize that an attack on a pregnant woman actually affects two individuals -- the woman and her child. Pro-abortion zealots (their position on laws like this one put […]