An article in Friday’s Washington Post regarding a new law in Virginia that would put abortion clinics in the “hospital” category rather than the “doctor’s office” category that they currently operate under in the state’s regulatory system. In the Post’s survey of recent events that might have contributed to the passage of this new law […]
Democratic appointee Judge Gladys Kessler has upheld Obamacare as constitutional, and in doing so has created the first federal thoughtcrime. As previous Commerce Clause cases have all involved physical activity, as opposed to mental activity, i.e. decision-making, there is little judicial guidance on whether the latter falls within Congress’s power....However, this Court finds the distinction, […]
Last weekend, Democratic Rep. Mike Capuano rallied a crowd in Boston to support protesters in Wisconsin: “I’m proud to be here with people who understand that it’s more than just sending an email to get you going. Every once and awhile you need to get out on the streets and get a little bloody when […]
Remember all those green energy initiatives the Obama administration has been touting? Well, it turns out that we probably would’ve been better off if we’d just burned the cash. Solyndra, Inc. was supposed to have showcased the effectiveness of the Obama administration’s stimulus and green jobs initiatives, but instead it has become the center of […]
I was doing some entertaining over the long holiday weekend, so I never got a chance to do a blow-by-blow on the protests in Wisconsin. Here’s a quick rundown: First, an anecdote. Back in 1989, the National Education Association held its national convention during the summer in Washington, D.C. My father, a (comparatively) small-time teacher’s […]
A federal judge has given the Interior Department 30 days to fish or cut bait on issuing drilling permits.
As of this moment, it’s raining here in beautiful San Luis Obispo and we’re well over the rainfall we typically get for the year here. This is undoubtedly due to carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. On a related note, there’s been a bit of a dust-up in the climate alarmist world since the publication of […]
There’s an interesting series of posts over at The Public Discourse on Lila Rose’s Live Action undercover stings of Planned Parenthood clinics in New York, New Jersey and Virginia. Professor Christopher O. Tollefson makes the case that Live Action was wrong because they deceived Planned Parenthood employees in that they weren’t actually keeping 13- and […]
During the Bush 43 administration The Wall Street Journal’s James Taranto had a regular feature called “Homeless Rediscovery Watch” which featured a quote by Mark Helprin to the effect that if Bush was elected president that the media would suddenly re-discover the homeless population and use it as a club to bash GOP policies. It’s […]
Congratulations America, if there was any doubt that you’d elected pretty, fawning airheaded sycophant as president, then this morning’s release of his proposed fiscal 2012 budget should make it obvious. When the hand-picked Democrat chairman of your deficit reduction commission characterizes your budget as going “nowhere near where they will have to go to resolve […]