In a comment on Shawn Gude’s previous post on the main page about the Occupy movement, I asked who the “1%” is and whether Occupy protesters were primarily aggrieved about “Wall Street,” or whether they were aggrieved about “wealth inequality”… Continue Reading
The OC Register reports that among the three Republican candidates for the newly drawn 47th district, straddling southern Los Angeles and northern Orange Counties, are Los Alamitos Councilman Troy Edgar and Long Beach Councilman Gary DeLong. You might recognize those… Continue Reading
From Joe Carter at First Things: A few weeks ago George Weigel wrote that the Denver Bronco’s third-string quarterback Tim Tebow “draws hatred because he is an unabashed Christian, whose calmness and decency in the face of his Christophobic detractors… Continue Reading
Biden in 2016. You’re freaking kidding me, right? Give me 3 points and I’ll take the spread on him being more ignorant than Michele Bachmann, favorite whipping girl of people who hate the GOP but must resort to flogging its… Continue Reading
I didn’t watch the latest GOP debate. I was out playing the blues, getting on with real life. [It went well, thx for asking. I’m just a fool for yr stockings, I believe.] Real people have lives and consider government… Continue Reading
From the Government vs. Childhood chronicles, “[a] zoning board in Fairfax County, Va., is standing firm in its decision to order a war veteran to destroy a tree house he built for his two young sons.” He said he contacted… Continue Reading
I had the privilege of briefing and appearing on the writ petition granted on October 7 invalidating an exclusive 10-year trash hauling contract awarded by the City of Los Alamitos last year. The City enacted a competitive bidding ordinance in… Continue Reading
Calling abortion rights advocates “babykillers” is pretty much a no-no in our civil society, and for good reason. Such talk only serves to inflame: nobody likes being demonized so they get pissed and return fire; on the other side, demonization… Continue Reading
Don’t ask me, ask Gallup: The May 25-30 [2011] survey from the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press asked people how they would vote for presidential candidates with different traits. Overall, 25 percent of voters would be… Continue Reading
I wouldn’t even know what “Liberaltarianism” is except for this blog. It exists only in the ether of the blogosphere: I bet you could round up 2 liberaltarians, and a third would refuse the invitation to join them for tea.… Continue Reading