Robert F. Kennedy Jr. -- last seen trying to make sure kids die by conjuring up a vaccine scare -- has decided that the Senate's 95-0 rejection of the Kyoto global warming treaty President Bush's rejection of the Kyoto global warming treaty was to blame for Hurricane Katrina. Maybe there's been too much Martha's Vineyard […]
Peggy Noonan has a pretty good article on the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Of note is Noonan's analysis of how to tell the looters from people just trying to survive. There seems to be some confusion in terms of terminology on TV. People with no food and water who are walking into supermarkets and taking […]
California Attorney General Bill Lockyer has decided that the most pressing issue that he has on is plate is french fries -- literally. California Attorney General Bill Lockyer has filed a lawsuit to force top makers of potato chips and french fries to warn consumers about a potential cancer-causing chemical found in the popular snacks. […]
The barking moonbats in San Francisco have decided that they don't want the decommissioned USS Iowa ported there and used as a museum. But city supervisors voted 8-3 last month to oppose taking in the ship, citing local opposition to the Iraq war and the military’s stance on gays, among other things. "If I was […]
Texas Sen. John Cornyn has introduced legislation designed to curb some Kelo excesses. The legislation would clarify government’s exercise of its power of eminent domain to be limited only for public use. ‘Public use’ shall not be construed to include economic development. This standard of protection would apply only to (1) all exercises of eminent […]
There are times when I think that the law should never be left to lawyers.The Kelo ruling was one of those times. You don't need to have a law degree from an Ivy League school to know that using the government's power of eminent domain to take land from Joe to give it to Pfizer […]
I must confess that my jaw dropped today when I saw that the Supreme Court ruled that the Fifth Amendment doesn't really mean what it says. A refresher: No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases […]
It looks like those sneaky senators are trying to get the despicable broadcast flag into law by hiding it in an appropriations bill. To paraphrase Peter Sellers in "Murder by Death": "Broadcast flag like television set on honeymoon -- unnecessary."
I've got to confess I'm befuddled by this maneuver. Federal prosecutors on Tuesday asked a judge overseeing a racketeering case against major cigarette makers to impose a long list of penalties on the companies, including a nationwide stop-smoking program and restrictions on tobacco marketing. "During the course of this trial, the United States has met […]
The Drudge Report linked to this shocking story at MSNBC by Michael Fletcher of the Washington Post. President Bush is requiring Cabinet members to spend several hours a week at the White House compound, a move top aides say eases coordination with government agencies but one seen by some analysts as fresh evidence of the […]