Disgraced former GOP Rep. Mark Foley says he's going into rehab. According to the Drudge Report, a letter was sent to TV station WPBF by Foley includes this line. I strongly believe that I am an alcoholic and have accepted the need for immediate treatment for alcoholism and related behavioral problems. Foley may be alcoholic, […]
I might pick up former GOP Sen. John Danforth's book, "Faith & Politics: How the 'Moral Values' Debate Divides America and How to Move Forward Together," when it appears in the bargain bin. Why? According to National Review's Ramesh Ponnuru, the book doesn't do a very good job of describing how to move forward together […]
Monday's New York Times editorial page comments on the upcoming Supreme Court term in what can only be described as ominous terms. Most of the editorial is liberal boilerplate, advocating the respect of precedent when the precedent is liberal (partial birth abortion) and encouraging the court to be activist when the result would be supporting […]
I've repeatedly bemoaned the tendency for some judges to ignore their duty to rule on the laws and the constitution passed by the people's representatives and not to act as a superlegislature, imposing their own beliefs in an autocratic fashion on the people. Last week, in an address to a conference on the judiciary at […]
It's probably gone under the radar for the past few days because too many people, including yours truly, have long ago come to the conclusion that New York Times public editor Byron Calame is an even more ineffectual advocate than his oft-derided predecessor, Daniel Okrent. So, imagine my surprise when I checked Calame's Web Journal […]
It looks like those sleazy payday loan(sharks) won't be getting so much cash out of military members according to this report. Interest rates on payday loans to military service members would be limited under an agreement reached yesterday by House and Senate Republicans. The measure, imposing a 36 percent cap on the annual interest rate […]
Florida Republican Rep. Mark Foley resigned from the House Friday amid allegations that he is a pervert and sexual predator. ABC News reported yesterday that it had interviewed Foley, 52, about excerpts of instant messages provided by current and former pages under the age of 18. ABC reported that Foley, under the AOL Instant Messenger […]
I was going to write about this yesterday, but I had to get up early this morning and then worked about a 12-hour day, so I want to get this down on paper before I hit the sack. During Thursday's Senate debate on the legislation setting up military commissions and the treatment of captured terrorists, […]
This is a tech-related post. If that sort of stuff doesn't interest you, just skip the rest. It seems like those USB thumb drives only seem to last about a year. At least, that's how long my last two have lasted -- the second died today. I didn't have anything on it that I don't […]
It's just sad. Really. MSNBC's Keith Olbermann, usually ignored here, is a sad, sad man. First off, the guy is the toast of the DailyKos set. Which means he's a nut. Second, there's this effort to toot his own horn, via NRO's Media Blog. Tonight, Keith Olbermann tried desperately to convince his viewers that they […]