Dodd, FISA, and the Trouble with Democrats
by Christi Hardin Smith posted a transcript of a “great” speech that Christopher Dodd gave on the floor of the Senate today here. Dodd spoke passionately …
Month: October 2007
Genarlow Wilson to be Freed
As the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports, a uniquely stupid chapter in the story of the American legal system is drawing nearer to a close. The Georgia …
School Vouchers: Solution or Problem?
Megan McArdle says she doesn’t get angry about politics often. But fail to mention the V-word when discussing education reform and you might get on …
Hillary Would Restore Checks and Balances
Various publications are saying that Hillary Clinton has gone on the record as saying that she would reduce presidential powers back to the pre-W levels …
Hitchens: Islamofascism a Valid Term
At Slate, Christopher Hitchens defends the use of the term “Islamofascism” to good effect. Hitchens first takes on the faux-intellectuals who refuse to make the …
Womb-theft Killer Guilty, Death Penalty Next?
The Houston Chronicle reports: Jurors convicted Lisa Montgomery, 39, of kidnapping resulting in death in the 2004 attack on 23-year-old Bobbie Jo Stinnett in the …
Huckabee: Abortion is the American Holocaust
Jamie Crawford at CNN’s Political Ticker blog reports this about Mike Huckabee: “Sometimes we talk about why we’re importing so many people in our workforce,” …
Ron Paul Tops for Military Donations
My hometown paper, the Houston Chronicle, got this write-up placed on memeorandum this afternoon: Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul, the congressman from the Houston area …
Kurdistan and Self-Rule
From the NY Times – fifteen years ago – but still highly relevant given recent events: The Foreign Ministers of Turkey, Iran and Syria condemned the …
Speaking of Cartoons…
…why is this rather odd-looking chap receiving a barrage of death threats? Meet artist Lars Vilks, the Swedish cartoonist whose drawing depicting the head of …