In the interest of pointing out instances of idiocy on both sides of the political aisle, I present House Majority Leader Tom Delay. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay said yesterday that Republicans have done so well in cutting spending that he declared an "ongoing victory," and said there is simply no fat left to cut […]
I must confess that I'm not really surprised to see Editor & Publisher magazine, whose editor has called on American newspapers to editorialize against the Iraq war, spin the Roberts confirmation hearings in such a way that makes Roberts look, if not bad, at least inept. Roberts Admits He's Not 'Up to Speed' on First […]
I didn't get to catch a whole lot of Day Two of the John Roberts confirmation hearing. However, one of the Democrat complaints about the Senate's confirmation process betrays what too many judges have become. SEN. BIDEN: Fundamentally. So you've told me nothing, Judge. With all due respect, you've not -- look, this is -- […]
When the Supreme Court chickened last year and refused to hear a challenge to the words "under God" in the pledge of allegiance because the plaintiff, Michael Newdow, didn't have custody of his daughter, everyone knew that they were just putting off the inevitable. Despite media claims in the wake of Chief Justice William Rehnquist's […]
The National City city council won't have to declare a car dealership blighted in order to force the landowner to sell to the dealership. A deal has been made and government taking won't be necessary. This is good news. Since I wrote about the case last week, I had been looking forward to seeing where […]
Victor Davis Hanson is going to "debate" Arianna Huffington. You can catch a Webcast here. I'll be at work and hope that they'll provide a recorded stream later -- boy is she going to get a drubbing.
Los Angeles got hit by a blackout yesterday when a woman in Reseda plugged in a hair dryer at the same time a guy in Simi Valley turned on the air conditioning ... or something like that. Union official Brian D'Arcy, however, blamed the city's policy of having employees work during the daytime. Brian D'Arcy, […]
While I was stuck in the mess that was the I-15 this afternoon attempting to get to work, I caught the first hour of Hugh Hewitt on the radio. Hugh makes an excellent point about the confirmation hearing for Judge John Roberts to be chief justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, and […]
So, it was nearly time to go home and the night metro editor comes up to me and says: "Matt, you follow politics. What's up with Arlen Specter? He looks horrible." "He's got cancer," I reply. "Oh." Check back again next week for a new episode of "Work conversations."
I didn't listen to Monday's speeches by senators at the confirmation hearings for Judge John Roberts. I'm just not into self-abuse. But I did catch a little bit of Sen. Ted Kennedy's opening statement while listening to the late night replay of the Tony Snow Show. Americans are united as rarely before in compassion and […]