There’s an interesting series of posts over at The Public Discourse on Lila Rose’s Live Action undercover stings of Planned Parenthood clinics in New York, New Jersey and Virginia. Professor Christopher O. Tollefson makes the case that Live Action was wrong because they deceived Planned Parenthood employees in that they weren’t actually keeping 13- and […]
Just got back from the Cal Poly Performing Arts Center and saw the traveling version of the Tony Award-winning musical “Spring Awakening.” The musical is based on the 1891 play by Frank Wedekind—which was understandably banned in Germany at the time. Based upon the musical, I’d be a little surprised if the play was performed […]
First, we have NPR’s infamous Nina Totenberg: Well, these agencies, including the Defense Department, don't know how much money they've got and for what. And I was at – forgive the expression – a Christmas party at the Department of Justice and people actually were really worried about this. Yeah, forgive the expression “Christmas.” […]
McDonald’s is being sued. A California woman is suing McDonald's claiming the fast-food giant uses toys to market directly to young children. Monet Parham, a Sacramento, California, mother of two small children filed the lawsuit Wednesday in San Francisco along with health, nutrition and food safety advocates Center for Science in the Public Interest . […]
I’m reading Jay W. Richards’s book “Money, Greed and God” and I’m really enjoying it. I came across this one paragraph that’s really jumped out at me. In the same vein, after the U.S. Senate voted to raise the minimum wage in February 2007, the Reverend Jim Wallis announced that “God hates inequality.” Ron Sider’s […]
Ed Whelan over at National Review’s Bench Memos blog demonstrates that the judge who overturned the votes of 7 million people (and plaintiff’s counsel Ted Olsen) both lied about the evidence presented in the case. On a related note: John Eastman notes that Judge Vaughn Walker should have recused himself. An honest judge would throw […]
Thirty-seven years ago, 7 justices on the U.S. Supreme Court took the issue of abortion out of the hands of the American people and stuffed it in the penumbras and emanations of the constitution. It’s been a political football ever since. Yesterday, a federal judge took the issue of gay marriage out of the hands […]
I don’t know how many of you saw this video from the protests against the anti-illegal immigration law that Arizona passed last week, but I encourage you to take a look. (videos via Flopping Aces) Here’s the scene from overhead: The video shows police escorting a lone anti-illegal immigration protester away from the crowd […]
Courtesy of Reason.com’s “Hit and Run” blog comes this story: A West Michigan woman says the state is threatening her with fines and possibly jail time for babysitting her neighbors' children. Lisa Snyder of Middleville says her neighborhood school bus stop is right in front of her home. It arrives after her neighbors need to […]
Amidst all of the media overkill of Michael Jackson’s death, the sacrifices of our military men and women have gotten even shorter shrift than has been typical from much of the media. So, it was refreshing to read this piece in yesterday’s Washington Post about the return of Lt. Brian Bradshaw to the U.S. Bradshaw […]