In the wake of William Rehnquist's death and John Roberts' subsequent shift to filling the chief justice vacancy, senators Chuck Schumer, John Corzine and Teddy Kennedy have said that this raises the stakes for his nomination. "The chief justice is the most important judge in the country, with even more responsibility for the protection of […]
Now that John Roberts will be replacing the late Chief Justice William Rehnquist, the fever swamps on the left will quit their carping about how John Roberts, as Sandra Day O'Connor's replacement, has to be a moderate and the balance on the court mustn't be changed. I won't hold my breath. Why? Because Sen. Chuck […]
Last night on Fox News Channel, Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz -- a disgusting human being -- too the opportunity to comment on Supreme Court Justice William Rehnquist's death to call him a "Republican thug" amid a tirade of lies, half-truths and fantasy. I hadn't imagined that the lunatic left had reached so far.
On "Fox News Sunday" this morning, reporter James Rosen had a short piece on the late chief justice and relayed a humorous story. When interviewing William Rehnquist four years ago, Rosen asked him why Americans sued each other so much. Rosen's father is a personal-injury lawyer -- apparently well-known enough that Rehnquist knew of him. […]
Ever since the magnitude of Hurricane Katrina's destruction in New Orleans and the Mississippi coast became clear, the political left has been in heightened outrage mode. First it was the Bush administration's callous budget cuts to flood control and levee projects in New Orleans. Unfortunately, these sorts of federal funding decisions are fundamentally political -- […]
Chief Justice William Rehnquist died last night -- making a bad night at work worse and causing me to fail to take my state-mandated 30 minute lunch break. This has had the predictible effect of causing the Loony Left to go into super tinfoil hat mode and other assorted disgusting commentary. The hate is palpable.
If you're reading Hoystory Saturday afternoon instead of watching college football, well, that's just sad. However, since you're here, here's some things to check out. Capt. Ed takes Congress to task for waiting five days before passing legislation funding Hurricane Katriana relief. Powerline's Paul Mirengoff does an excellent job of correcting columnist George Will on […]
Over at EU ROTA, the Lexis-Nexis database has provided us with the craven and shameless opportunism that is the New York Times editorial page. First, Thursday's Times editorial on the Hurricane Katrina tragedy: While our attention must now be on the Gulf Coast's most immediate needs, the nation will soon ask why New Orleans's levees […]
Before the levee(s) broke, Hurricane Katrina didn't look much worse than most other Category 4 storms that have hit the U.S. in recent years. It was the failure of the levees and the subsequent flooding and rampant lawlessness that kicked this thing up to a whole new level. I've never been in the aftermath of […]
I must confess that my blood pressure's been rising steadily all day as I've read some of the insanity coming mostly from the left in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Let's start with the right. Proving that politics is not a line, but a circle, we have Repent America claiming that Hurricane Katrina was God's […]