Judges Shouldn’t Be “Lifers”
by Federal Judge James Munley has temporarily denied Hazelton, PA, the right to enforce a new local law that would: Fine landlords found to be renting …
Month: October 2006
Jon Swift: Smarmy Enough to Make Me Ill
Jon Swift’s return fire to Rush Limbaugh is brilliant. And disgusting. This is feel-good intellectual superiority at its worst. Smarmy, it seems, is back in …
Peggy Noonan on the Election
Peggy Noonan of the Wall Street Journal says, among other things: Republicans, most of whom are conservative in at least general ways, and who endure …
Save Hubble!
I think that NASA ought to make time to save the Hubble telescope. I’m disappointed in this country’s lack of vision as regards space exploration. …
Today’s Criminal Injustices
First, in moment of a staggering genius, the technical wizards at the Texas DPS have decided to track deported sex offenders after all. Andy Kahan, …
Lou Dobbs Thinks Illegal Immigration is Bad
Read all about it. I like this snippet: Illegal aliens are an important part of a one trillion-dollar underground economy in America, according to Barron’s. …
No Tag? Schools Are Idiots…
I was going to let pass the latest bit of stupidity on the part of some of our nation’s so-called institutes of learning, but Frank …
Our Upcoming Election
Polimom writes about something that’s always gnawed at me. The polarized 2-party system we have in this country doesn’t allow enough candidates whose views are …
Iraqis To Stand On Their Own?
It’s time for Iraqis to “do more”, the White House says. But can the Iraqis maintain their own civilization? Not likely. Granted, I was 7 …
1/3 Say Torture OK
The BBC says that 29% of 27,000 respondents from 25 countries think some amount of torture is OK when used to combat terrorism. The percentage …