National Journal's Stuart Taylor takes a harder look at Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor's decision in the Ricci case to adopt the district court's "reasoning" wholesale and finds it troubling. The panel's decision to adopt as its own U.S. District Judge Janet Arterton's opinion in the case looks much less defensible up close than it […]
The Washington Examiner's Byron York has more on the Obama administration's effort to fire AmeriCorps inspector general Gerald Walpin. The method of Walpin's firing could be a violation of the 2008 Inspectors General Reform Act, which requires the president to give Congress 30 days' notice, plus an explanation of cause, before firing an inspector general. […]
On June 24, ABC News is going to devote an amazing amount of coverage to President Obama's healthcare reform plan. ABC News’ Charles Gibson and Diane Sawyer to Moderate a Primetime Conversation with President Barack Obama about the Future of the Nation’s Healthcare System Special Edition of “Primetime” to Air from the White House Wednesday, […]
I'm not sure how much "there" is there, but the Washington Examiner's Byron York has a report and updates on what appears to be a potential scandal over the Obama administration's effort to fire the AmeriCorps inspector general. The bigger question is why the president is doing this and why he is attempting to do […]
Breitbart.com has compiled a playlist of videos coming out of Iran. They're worth watching, but beware, some of them are quite graphic. In fact, the first one is allegedly video of riot police beating a man to death. You've been warned.
Iran is in turmoil after the ruling mullahs apparently erred in handing incumbent President Mahmoud Imadinnerjacket a decisive victory -- nearly 2-to-1 -- that obviated the need for a runoff election. The loser, Mir Hossein Mousavi, called for protests, that quickly turned to riots. There have been reports that Mousavi has been arrested. At a […]
I noted before that the Obama administration had threatened to use its trained poodle -- the White House press corps -- as an attack dog against Chrysler investors who were balking at the pre-packaged bankruptcy. This week we got some more details about that incident from Rep. Steven LaTourette (R-Ohio). From the chart at […]
I'm going to be doing some under-the-hood changes/upgrades for the next however long it takes. The right sidebar may have things missing or moved around for the next little while. UPDATE Hoystory.com is now upgraded to the latest version of WordPress. We have also added the Hoystory twitter feed to the right rail. Why? Because […]
If there's one thing you can say about New York Times columnist Paul Krugman, it's that you know what to expect and you get it. The word is "predictable." In the past two weeks there have been three horrific murders. First, there was the murder of abortionist George Tiller at his church. A day later […]
Mark Steyn shares an article from the French-language Montreal newspaper about the wait time for a basic medical treatment in single-payer Canda. This story from Le Journal de Montréal is en français, but you don't have to know the lingo of the Continent to figure out the meaning of le mot "incontinent": Des patients souffrant […]