Your Opinion Counts
If you read the blog on a news reader or similar appliance, please take a moment over the next week to actually log on to the page. I’ve a poll up asking Readers what they would like to see here… Continue Reading
Month: July 2009
Quasi Hiatus
Heavy workload and resulting stress. Powerful distractions. Real life, out there in meatworld. These things sometimes get in the way of prolific blogging. I’m aware my output has been lower than what many Readers are used to. Stay tuned, please.… Continue Reading
Value Of Life
This op-ed in today’s Gray Lady is great. Not because its content is wonderful — it’s quite depressing. But it’s also dead on, and it forces the reader to confront some very stark issues. We ration health care now. To… Continue Reading
Good Intentions Mask A Failure Of Political Courage
I know that the Supreme Court has narrowly upheld certain kinds of hate crimes laws. I think those laws, and those decisions, are ultimately contrary to the First Amendment — which is to say I think the Supremes blew the… Continue Reading
This Would Be Cool
The California High Speed Rail Authority has some really cool graphics, including Flash movies, showing what it will look like when we have their bullet trains. I certainly do like the idea of getting to downtown Los Angeles in half… Continue Reading
What Sonia Sotomayor Is Dying To Say But Can’t
Senator, if by “judicial activism” you mean will I decide a case based solely on my personal policy preferences, then no, I am not a “judicial activist.” Frankly, I don’t think any of the current members of the Supreme Court… Continue Reading
Confirmation Hearings Confirm Biases (A Post Including A Short Book Review)
I’ve just finished reading Jeffrey Toobin’s book The Nine. In it, he paints a series of pictures — moments in time in the institutional history of the Supreme Court, shifting focus between the political dimensions of the Court’s work and… Continue Reading
Busted! (G-8 Summit Version)
To be fair to the Presidents here, the booties are typically of very high quality in Italy. Update: ABC News insists that the photo does not show what it appears to show. Oh yeah? You guys are totally in the… Continue Reading
I Believe They Would Have Been Called "Censors" But That Won’t Work Today
Patrick at Popehat revives a very interesting idea of a fourt branch of government, co-equal to Congress, the Courts, and the Presidency, that would have as its sole power the ability to purge old, useless laws from the books.
Family Values Redefined
This is frickin’ unbelievable. We used to have something like dignity in this country. At least pay off your mistress yourself, Senator Ensign — don’t use mom and dad’s money to do it! Seriously — compare this to, say, Alexander… Continue Reading