Despite having an aspirin-resistant, persistent, splitting headache for much of the day (hence the non-existent posting -- I'm feeling a little better now), I managed to watch the en banc hearing in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on the California recall. I'm not going to predict what the court's decision will be come Tuesday […]
Featured in today's column by The New York Times' Paul Krugman: 1. Bush lied 2. Bush lied 3. Bush is politicizing Sept. 11 4. Bush lied Nothing new to see here, though I did find the following of passing interest: And some stunts no longer seem feasible. Maybe it was the pressure of other commitments […]
Just finished listening to all four hours of legal arguments before the Supreme Court on the McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform law. It's enough to put one to sleep. In fact, I listened to the first two hours last night before drifting off to sleep, then the remaining two hours this morning. The arguments are difficult […]
It seems at least one Texas Democrat has decided that the majority rules, and has ended his "exile" in New Mexico, likely giving Republicans the quorum they need to push through a fair redistricting plan. [If you're unfamiliar with the background of this situation, check here and here.] In the New York Times story, Democrat […]
On ABC News' "This Week" on Sunday, California Gov. Gray Davis dismissed criticism from "The Governator" by saying: "Until he sits in those shoes -- and I don't think he's going to have a chance to -- he's really in no position to criticize what we've done," the governor said. I shall attempt to follow […]
The Wall Street Journal published a couple of good articles over the holiday weekend. The first is a look at someone who knows all about scandals and cover-ups -- the junior senator from New York, Hillary Clinton. The second is a look at the looming split within the Episcopal Church between those who follow the […]
The Wall Street Journal's John Fund has an article on the effort to significantly raise taxes in Alabama by appealing to the public's religious beliefs. Fund's key paragraph: How would Jesus tax the state? Well, no can say for sure. But it's a safe bet that waste, duplication of services and pork-barrel spending aren't in […]
Or at least his polling company. I just spent about 15 minutes on the phone with a polling company asking my opinion on the California recall and the possible candidates to replace Gov. Gray Davis. This is the second time in about nine months that I've gotten polled. The last time was about a rather […]
During the past few years one of the "hot" topics of discussion in the African-American community has been the possibility of the federal government paying reparations to the descendants of slaves. It is, of course, ridiculous to demand payment from people who never owned slaves to people who were never slaves themselves. But this creative […]
There are 135 candidates to replace Gray Davis as governor of California.