One of the less persuasive, but most accurate Democrat complaints on the issue of judges has been that Repubicans have the House, Senate and presidency -- now they want the "independent judiciary too." On its face, this argument seems to somehow suggest that anytime the president and Senate do their constitutional duties in staffing the […]
CNN's story on the possibility of a Senate compromise on judges contains this little gem. Republicans have said no judicial nominee has been filibustered in the Senate's history, although they filibustered the nomination of Abe Fortas to be chief justice in 1968. Actually, Republicans and Democrats briefly filibustered the Fortas nomination -- though no one […]
Well, last night I finally finished up Daniel J. Flynn's book, "Intellectual Morons." For the most part it's an interesting -- and infuriating -- read. Flynn takes aim at everyone from eugenist Margaret Sanger, founder of Planned Parenthood to Alfred Kinsey a wacko pervert, much adored by the sexually evolved left, to Ayn Rand, the […]
A couple of notes on The New York Times' most inaccurate, unhinged columnist. First, his beardedness gave an interview to the Asia Times with the following gem: Tax increases: "We should be getting 28% of GDP [gross domestic product] in revenue. We are only collecting 17%." As Donald Luskin helpfully illustrates, federal tax receipts weren't […]