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I just finished reading Richard Brookhiser's "What Would the Founders Do?" It's a pretty good general survey of the founders views on a variety of issues. Perhaps the most interesting tidbit that I discovered was that there was agreement in both the Federalist and Democratic parties that something like an interstate highway system would require […]

But a federal judge ruled today (surprise!) that Congressional Capitol Hill offices are not a safe haven for criminal activity. Hogan acknowledged the "unprecedented" nature of the case. But he said the lawmakers' "sweeping" theory of legislative privilege "would have the effect of converting every congressional office into a taxpayer-subsidized sanctuary for crime." A member […]

On today's A-1 of the Union-Tribune: More than just Latinos illegally call U.S. home Nearly one-quarter are from other nations If anyone can find Latino on a map, I'd much appreciate it.

Last week's celebratory Independence Day rocket launches by the North Koreans are putting China in a pickle. China has one client state -- North Korea -- and over the past decade or so they've been willing to let Kim Jong Il throw periodic temper tantrums because the outbursts caused the U.S. more worry than it […]

Friday it was revealed that terrorists being held at Guantanamo Bay had been using papers and envelopes stamped with "privileged attorney-client material" had been used to orchestrate three suicides at the camp and other assorted plots. In the cell of one of the detainees who died, the authorities said, investigators found a handwritten message from […]

Yesterday a Houston court ruled that former Rep. Tom DeLay's recent move to Virginia was a coldly calculated political move to make sure that the GOP would hold his Houston-area seat. DeLay could withdraw from the race, but then Republicans couldn't replace him on the ballot. By moving to Virginia, DeLay made himself ineligible -- […]

Former Vermont governor and current Democrat National Committee Chairman Howard Dean continues to demonstrate that any wacko can run Vermont -- or the Democrat Party. In a ruling today, New York's high court decided that there in no "right" to gay marriage in that state's constitution. This prompted Dean -- who is obviously one of […]

The lede: A New Zealand peace activist is facing serious assault charges after he allegedly punched a rock singer in London, leaving the man in a coma. The peace activist reportedly spent 3 weeks as a human shield in Iraq. It's apparent that he learned quite a few things from the time spent with his […]

In response to widespread public outrage at its decision to publish details of the government's Terrorist Financial Tracking Program, the New York Times' editor Bill Keller and reporter Eric Lichtblau have tried to defend themselves by pointing out that the program wasn't really secret at all and the terrorists already knew everything about it. Well, […]

Agence France Presse -- the French equivalent of the Associated Press -- runs an article on those curious Americans and their flag. It's a true epidemic: the red, white and blue, stars-and-stripes banners are everywhere in the United States - on house facades, front lawns, cars and clothes. Hitting an high point on the July […]