Just got done listening to the "O'Reilly Factor." Bill had a woman from one of the abortion-rights groups on to talk about government's move to extend low-income health insurance to unborn babies. Bill attempted valiantly, but failed, to get the woman to say the words "unborn baby." No matter what he tried, she just couldn't […]
If you haven't read it yet, there's a great piece over on SatireWire on the Axis of Evil and those countries that truly are evil that Bush left out. Notably China, Syria and Libya. Here's a taste: Beijing (SatireWire.com) � Bitter after being snubbed for membership in the "Axis of Evil," Libya, China, and Syria […]
They don't know they're biased: Yesterday the Department of Health and Human Services, headed by Tommy Thompson, announced that it was extending government-funded health insurance for low-income mothers to their "fetuses" too. Out came the cries of anguish from abortion-rights supporters that this was a back-alley (nice touch, huh?) approach to overturning Roe v. Wade. […]
Well, the General Accounting Office, the investigative agency of Congress, has announced that it will sue Vice President Dick Cheney to force him to turn over information about his energy task force. Usually I'm all for transparent government, but I think this is going a little too far. There's no accusation of wrongdoing that has […]
The Washington Post's Sally Quinn has a great op-ed column in today's paper regarding kidnapping and the German court system. Americans, or any non-Germans for that matter, who marry a German national and then divorce or separate, risk having their German partner return to Germany and never see their children again. Quinn barely touches on […]
Just finished reading the State of the Union address and Rep. Dick Gephardt's (D-Mo.) response. They were both well done and, for all appearances, set a less-partisan tone in Washington. Of course, Gephardt isn't in a position to be an obstructionist like Sen. Tom Daschle is. My only quibble with either speech was Gephardt's apparent […]
One thing I did get to see early this morning when I returned home from work was a little item on Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.). Feinstein apparently visited the infamous Camp X-Ray and revealed how the facilities there were better than those at some California prisons, notably San Quentin. The senator said that if she […]
After working late Tuesday night and then having to be in at work Wednesday morning, well I haven't had time to check out the State of the Union address. Unless C-SPAN is showing it when I get home late tonight, I'll have to go with the written version. A critique of both Bush's address and […]
The Wall Street Journal's "Best of the Web Today" includes an item from The Desert Sun of Palm Springs, which happens to be the place where I had my first-ever interview for a newspaper job. I'm reprinting the item here in full, because it's very scary. The Clinton Legacy The Desert Sun of Palm Springs, […]