Of course, pro-choice is just a euphemism for pro-abortion, so it should come as no surprise that San Francisco Chronicle columnist Mark Morford is outraged at the choice an Arkansas couple has made to have 16 children. Memo to Morford: It's a free country -- I'm not opposed to this sort of thing as long […]
I haven't been one those people who is obsessing over President Bush's nominee to the Supreme Court, Harriet Miers, mainly because there's been next to nothing to comment on. The vast majority of the reporting has been horserace articles on who opposes her, who supports her, but there's been very little about Miers herself. Even […]
I hate to say it, but I think if you had a Christian on the copy desk -- or even someone who once went to a church for a long wedding and got bored and started flipping through the Bible in the back of the pews -- you wouldn't have made this error. The About […]
I must confess that my blood pressure's been rising steadily all day as I've read some of the insanity coming mostly from the left in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Let's start with the right. Proving that politics is not a line, but a circle, we have Repent America claiming that Hurricane Katrina was God's […]
I find the timing of this statement by CNN president Jonathan Klein to be poorly timed. CNN President Jonathan Klein implies ratings news leader FOXNEWS is mired in coverage of "meaningless nonsense," claiming: "Fourteen Americans dead, and they have Natalee Holloway on," Klein says. "And they're supposedly America's news channel." "It's easy and it's brainless," […]
Several years ago I was watching a debate on C-SPAN between Alan Keyes and Alan Dershowitz over the role of religion in public life. A major point of contention was what it meant to be able to "practice" your religion. Dershowitz's preferred definition appeared to allow you to do whatever your religion required as a […]
Sunday's "Meet the Press" featured a conversation between law professor Douglas Kmiec and former New York Governor Mario Cuomo, a Democrat. The subject was Catholics and the Supreme Court and whether a devout Catholic can actually be allowed to serve on the Court. If you didn't see the show, then you should definitely read the […]
The Senate on Tuesday voted to allow Boy Scouts access to U.S. military bases -- a move prompted by the ACLU's crusade against the organization for being insufficiently PC. In a 98-0 vote, the Senate approved the provision continuing the hosting of Boy Scout events as part of massive bill setting Defense Department policy for […]