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The United Church of Christ -- a "mainline" church that no one goes to anymore -- has decided to toss out Leviticus, at least the first chapter of Romans and sundry other pesky verses. The resolution was adopted in the face of efforts to amend the Constitution to ban same-sex marriage. It was both a […]

GOP congressman Randy "Duke" Cunningham, a former Top Gun pilot and fighter ace was downed today due to media attention. Embattled Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham canceled his public appearances at community events scheduled for today, his spokesman said. Cunningham, R-Rancho Santa Fe, was to attend a pancake breakfast here this morning, among other holiday events. […]

For your reading pleasure. IN CONGRESS, JULY 4, 1776 The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and […]

On Friday, for the third year in a row, management went out and bought some nice Costco-brand cakes to help celebrate some birthdays. The announcement went out over the in-house messaging system: "Come grab a piece of cake to celebrate Mitch and Gordon's birthdays." Mitch was born June 30, Gordon on July 5. Yours truly […]

FBI agents raided GOP Congressman Randy "Duke" Cunningham's home Friday, along with the Washington, D.C., headquarters of defense contractor MZM Inc. Republicans had better start thinking about who they want to run for Cunningham's seat next year.

With court cases like last week's dueling decisions on the Ten Commandments and the decade-plus legal battle on the cross atop on Mount Soledad (part of a veterans memorial), it should be no surprise that there are people in this country that want all traces of religion out of the public square. Today's poster child […]

Over at NRO's "Bench Memos" blog, Edward Whelan has some excellent questions to ponder as we await President Bush's announcement of a new Supreme Court nominee. Do we Americans still believe the “self-evident” truth that “all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are […]

On Fox News' "Special Report with Brit Hume" Friday, NPR reporter/pundit Juan Williams weighed in on today's announcement by Justice Sandra Day O'Connor that she would be retiring. When asked by host Jim Angle if the deal by the "Gang of 14" on avoiding the nuclear option and allowing William Pryor, Priscilla Owen and Janice […]

On journalism: The Sacramento Bee's Diana Griego Erwin quit a couple months back after questions were raised by editors about one of her columns. The results of an investigation into Griego Erwin's work show that she created dozens of columns from whole cloth. An internal investigation into the published work of former Bee columnist Diana […]

If you've been reading this blog since last week, you're infinitely more informed about the Supreme Court's Kelo decision than House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi -- in this case the D really does stand for "dumb". Q Later this morning, many Members of the House Republican leadership, along with John Cornyn from the Senate, are […]