The President has ordered his Cabinet to find ways to cut $100 million out of each of their budgets. I am unimpressed. So is the Washington press corps. When the President signs and applauds a budget bill with $8 billion… Continue Reading
Jane Harman is a Democrat who represents in Congress the South Bay region of Los Angeles — a strip of land running from Marina del Rey down the coastline to San Pedro, including my old stomping grounds in Manhattan Beach.… Continue Reading
The only surprise is that the Ninth Circuit was the court that did it. But I don’t see how you could have got away from this result.
If, like me, you are more than a little offended by the spectacle of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the author of some of the most virulent anti-Jewish speeches since Adolf Hitler, being permitted to address a United Nations conference on racism, then… Continue Reading
Wendy’s Baconator is really bad for you. It contains more sodium than two tubes of Pringles’ potato chips, as much fat as ten Dolly Madison Zingers, and as many calories as four Dodger Dogs (!). And the guy is right,… Continue Reading
I’ve not written about the torture memos yet. That’s because they leave me deeply conflicted and I’ve still not reached a complete enough mental resolution of the facts to have a solid opinion.Not about the torture. The news that Americans,… Continue Reading
For our friends who are big Beatles fans: You know, I’d heard that David Bowie’s Blue Jean was the first true music video. I don’t know that I can count the above as a music video by the Beatles so… Continue Reading
Did the White House ask Georgetown University to hang a drape over religious symbols when President Obama spoke there recently? Sources differ on that issue — yes it did; no, it didn’t; someone thought it was better to cover it… Continue Reading
I’ll say one thing about all these tea parties — they’re bringing out the worst in a lot of pepole all over the political spectrum. I found this clip, which by now is all over the political blososphere, fascinating and… Continue Reading
One of John McCain’s campaign managers is calling on the Republican Party to embrace same-sex marriage. His reasons: I believe conservatives, more than liberals, insist that rights come with responsibilities. No other exercise of one’s liberty comes with greater responsibilities… Continue Reading