In the Senate debate yesterday over whether 0.28 percent of non-defense discretionary spending should be cut for the rest of this fiscal year or 1.6 percent should be cut, Sen. Harry Reid (thanks Nevada voters!) took to the floor to decry the cuts which could spell the end of Nevada's Cowboy Poetry Festival. Set aside […]
On “Fox News Sunday” today GOP Rep. Jeb Hensarling and Democrat Dick Durbin debated budget cuts and unsurprisingly neither appeared to want to give an inch when it came to how much in cuts is too much or too little for the rest of fiscal year 2011. The most interesting part of the interview came […]
A few items to point out on the anthropogenic global warming front today. First is this article earlier this week from Ars Technica (which normally has very good tech news, but when it comes to AGW is a cheerleader for the alarmists) which makes the case that scientists pushing the idea that global warming is […]
Longtime readers may recall the case of Poway High School student Taylor Harper’s T-shirt protesting the “Day of Silence” pro-gay rights event approved by the school. After years of litigation, the Supreme Court finally got the case, decided it was moot (Harper had graduated), but still vacated the 9th Circuit’s decision upholding the district’s decision […]
Pakistan's federal minorities minister Shahbaz Bhatti, a Christian, has been assassinated for speaking out against that country's blasphemy laws which are used as a tool against Christians and other minorities. Though there was no claim of responsibility for the killing, fliers found scattered on the road near the scene bore the names of what appeared […]
When you write as many words as a blogger or newspaper columnist does, you’re bound to write something monumentally stupid from time to time. The difference between the two, however, is the multiple layers of editors employed by newspapers. Of course, over the past few years those editors have increasingly found themselves getting unemployment checks […]
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 […]