Republican politicians nowadays have a tendency to resign before they are convicted of any wrongdoing (see DeLay item below), but there appear to be different rules for Democrats. Yes, Sen. Robert Torricelli of New Jersey pulled a modified DeLay when he pulled out of his re-election race just days before the election -- a move […]
Former House Minority Leader Tom DeLay announced late today that he's quitting Congress. According to DeLay, cold, political calculations were the reason for the move. In an interview Monday with Time magazine, DeLay -- facing both criminal charges and the political fallout from his close association with disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff -- said that even […]
If anyone ever asks you that question, then you know you've got trouble. Why? Because that person is obviously a better, more important human being than you are. Surprisingly, the party that likes to portray itself as defending the little guy is the one that is too often the most contemptuous of the working man. […]
When Wisconsin Democrat Senator Russ Feingold chose as his star witness before the Senate Judiciary Committee disgraced Watergate lawyer John Dean, you knew that the censure resolution was a joke. They couldn't manage a Cass Sunstein, a Larry Tribe or any other prominent constitutional expert to make their case for them, they had to settle […]
If the teachers union and school board OK the deal, it looks like the Grossmont Union High School District will have averted a strike. This is certainly good news for everyone involved, but when I was reading the article last night I had different thoughts and unfortunately the article did nothing to answer them. According […]
Now that Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham is at Club Fed serving his time for corruption, the House of Representatives has two more wackos whose constituents should be ashamed for having elected them. First there was Baghdad Jim McDermott of Seattle who lost an appeals court case because he had illegally distributed an illegal tape-recording of […]
but my time would be more productively spent sorting grains of sand. According to John Hinderaker over at Powerline.com, The New York Times' account of a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing earlier this week "badly misled its readers." After reading the excerpts, I'd have to agree with Hinderaker. The FISA court judges make it pretty clear […]
Nobody like Nazis, especially Illinois Nazis. So, you may ask, what's worse than Nazis? Christians. Last weekend a bunch of Christian youth rallied in San Francisco against popular culture. More than 25,000 evangelical Christian youth landed Friday in San Francisco for a two-day rally at AT&T Park against "the virtue terrorism" of popular culture, and […]
Here are a few things I encourage you to check out as you do your Web-surfing today: John Hinderaker over at Powerline notes there are dueling versions of the testimony given by FISA Court judges with regard to the NSA surveillance program. I'll be curious to find out which one is accurate, because the stories […]
To say I've been disturbed by the recent protests against congressional efforts to tighten security on our southern border and make illegal immigration a felony instead of a misdemeanor would be an understatement. I've seen a plethora of photos from these protests and I'm shocked by the display of "patriotism." I use the scare quotes […]