I started hearing radio ads several weeks ago decrying Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's anti-gerrymandering initiative. It should be noted that out of more than 100 races for the state legislature -- both Assembly and Senate -- not a single seat changed parties. The gerrymandering insures that there is little room in either the Democrat or Republican […]
There was quite a bit of uproar as the Congress acted to give the federal courts jurisdiction in the Terri Schiavo case when a "GOP talking points memo" was allegedly distributed on the Senate floor touting political benefits to be gained from supporting the legislation. You can find a plethora of links on the subject […]
The Wall Street Journal has perhaps the nation's most conservative editorial page. Note that I use the term "conservative" and not "Republican." The Journal's editorial page is a principaled one, not a partisan one -- it often opposes actions by Republicans that betray conservative values, e.g. steel tariffs, overspending. The New York Times editiorial page, […]
John Fund has a piece in today's Wall Street Journal on the left's selective outrage at the idea of the federal branch of government involving itself in state family court matters. As I mentioned last week, the Clinton administration did something cloaked in the flimsiest color of law -- and the republic survived. Respect for […]
Overshadowed by the Eason Jordan slander of the American military at the Davos conference was statements made by former President Bill Clinton on Iran's "democracy." “Iran is the only country in the world that has now had six elections since the first election of President Khatami (in 1997). (It is) the only one with elections, […]
Now that it looks like some reporters may face jail time at the hands of an overzealous prosecutor (originally egged on by various newspapers), journalists are now considering that a crime may never have occurred in the Joseph Wilson/Valerie Plame expose. The 40-page brief, filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of […]
Because I suffer from periodic bouts of self-destructive behavior, I'm watching the House "debate" on the Schiavo bill on the CSPAN. Let me just say that I'm jaw-droppingly unimpressed with many of our elected representatives. I've often referred to my own senator, Barbara Boxer, as the least-intelligent member of the Senate (challenged occasionally for the […]
I'm going to be really interested to see what the reaction from the left side of the blogosphere is when this gets around. (via VikingPundit) Two UCLA economists say they have figured out why the Great Depression dragged on for almost 15 years, and they blame a suspect previously thought to be beyond reproach: President […]
It looks like a small part of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge will be opened for oil drilling when the budget is passed. I watched video of Democratic opponents of the move complain that there wouldn't be nearly enough oil produced to make any dent in gasoline prices or our dependence on foreign oil. Comically, […]
Justice Antonin Scalia gave a talk earlier this week at the Woodrow Wilson Center on the less-than-sexy topic of "Constitutional Interpretation." Most media outlets zeroed in on Scalia's blistering attack on the Court's recent decision abolishing the juvenile death penalty. However, Scalia's comments on the current state of judicial confirmations was much more interesting with […]