For those of you following the foolishness that is La Mesa Mayor Art Madrid and his threatened lawsuit against a critical constituent, it appears that at least one city councilmember has his head on straight. Councilman Barry Jantz submitted the following letter in the comments to last weekend's initial post on the subject. Feb. 21, […]
Apparently South Dakota's Republicans have been buying into Planned Parenthood/NARAL propaganda and are convinced that with Justice Samuel Alito's confirmation to the Supreme Court, Roe v. Wade is ripe to be overturned (in fairness, the bill got at least one Democrat's support too). How else do you explain the state legislature's decision to pass a […]
It looks like convicted murderer Michael Morales will live at least a year or two more thanks to judges who believe that the constitution's prohibition on "cruel and unusual punishment" prohibits the causation of any pain before, during or after the execution procedure. I've already pointed out that I believe the judge was acting as […]
Today's New York Times lead editorial takes President Bush and Congress to task for failing to do something about a looming crisis with many private pension plans. Unfortunately, but naturally, the Times fails to offer a plan of its own. One is left wondering how best to fix the problem, and the Times is silent. […]
Bruce Fierstein over at The New York Observer is channeling the New York Times new public editor Ali bin-Zabar. Ali: This is awful. Horrible. What about the gay wedding announcements? Debbie Dear Ms. T: As you’re no doubt aware of the Koran’s position on homosexuality, let me be clear here: In the future, there will […]
The case I mentioned last week regarding a judge unilaterally changing California's procedures for administering the death penalty has borne fruit -- now the state can't execute convicted rapist and murderer Michael Morales [PDF Format]. California officials postponed indefinitely the execution of convicted killer Michael Morales on Tuesday after notifying a federal court they could […]
Sunday's Washington Post had a very interesting article on the how the Internet and technology is presenting problems for China's censors and government-controlled media.
There's a big brouhaha on Capitol Hill and in some corners of the blogosphere over the purchase of a British company that currently manages several U.S. ports by Dubai Ports World, based in the United Arab Emirates. Let me begin by saying that the politics of this are undoubtedly bad. Whether or not there is […]
Mark Steyn notes some of the silliness in attempts to compare Dick Cheney's hunting accident to Sen. Edward Kennedy doing in Mary Jo Kopechne. Fortunately, the Washington Post had that wise old bird David Ignatius to put it in the proper historical context: "This incident," he mused, "reminds me a bit of Sen. Edward Kennedy's […]
You often have to point out to Democrats that elections have consequences. There's a Republican president and a GOP-controlled Senate, therefore you're going to get conservative judges -- that's all there is to it. The Palestinians who voted the terrorist group Hamas into power also need to realize this basic fact, and they shouldn't be […]