For some reason, law professors tend to be a little more respected than their gun-for-hire brethren who will argue any position if the money is right. Harvard law professor Lawrence Tribe is a liberal, but he’s also a respected legal theorist. And like your average run of the mill lawyer, he can be bought. In […]
The response to President Obama's unconstitutional appointment of Richard Cordray to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and three individuals to the National Labor Relations Board has been predictable and disappointing. Politico.com's Arena is a helpful account of the justifications of those on the political left for the act which seems to be little more […]
Don’t bother him with facts or figures. In a scathing critique that could further jeopardize political support for California's proposed $98.5-billion bullet train, a key independent review panel is recommending that state officials postpone borrowing billions of dollars to start building the first section of track this year. Gov. Jerry Brown has said he will […]
Today, President Barack Obama checked off another first for an American president: He made a recess appointment when Congress wasn’t in recess. It may sound hard to do, but after healing the planet and stopping the rise of the seas, this one was easy. While the Constitution gives the president the authority to fill executive […]
So, the past couple of weeks is what vacation looks like. You get what you pay for. A belated thanks to all of you who purchase items from Amazon via the links here, it doesn’t cost you any extra, and a few extra bucks go into my pocket. First, a quick reminder about what President […]
Attorney General Eric Holder appeared before a House committee today to evade questions and responsibility for Operation Fast and Furious. The operation run by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to allow straw buyers to smuggle guns into Mexico resulted in the deaths of more than 200 Mexican citizens and U.S. Border Patrol […]
Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad (D-N.D.) is retiring at the end of the current Congress because he’s not particularly interested in following in the footsteps of Tom Daschle. But he is still dutifully playing out his time and continues to shovel economic alchemy that has been all but discredited, this time on “Fox News […]
Democrats have long claimed that there’s an undercurrent of anti-black racism throughout the Republican Party. The claim is Boshevik Storytelling. While Democrats hurl the charge repeatedly, their only solid evidence are “dogwhistles” that they alone can construe into some sort of racism. For Democrats and anti-Semitism, especially with President Obama and his 20-year attendance in […]
They told me if we elected John McCain we'd have powerful political interests telling the news media what stories they could and couldn't run and they were right.