(Cross-posted at League of Ordinary Gentlemen) Once upon a time, illegal immigrants getting welfare were used as whipping boys to drive voters to the polls. Then it was gays trying to get married and atheists not wanting to say the… Continue Reading
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has long been a bête noire of social conservatives. And a look at recent history certainly illustrates why that should be the case. Those whacko, out-of-control, liberal activist judges on the Ninth Circuit just… Continue Reading
I anticipate some flak coming my way on this point after Tea Partiers read below that I criticized Christine O’Donnell. So here is a brief refresher for those among you who see grave Constitutional peril in a particular semantic. The… Continue Reading
A U.S. District Judge has found the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” law unconstitutional. Appropriately, in my opinion; admittedly, I like the result but Judge Phillips reasoning seems sound to me. Despite having urged Congress to repeal DADT and a bill… Continue Reading
This is not news — the Pledge of Allegiance is optional. Always. You are not required, never required, to recite it — and if you do, feel free to omit the late-addition “under God” clause. Requiring someone to recite it… Continue Reading
Looking over the transcript of today’s oral argument in Snyder v. Phelps, the big free speech case argued today in the Supreme Court, I find this passage argued by Margie Phelps, counsel for her relative Fred Phelps, the mastermind (if… Continue Reading
In a very real sense, today is the anniversary of the birth of our nation. On September 17, 1787, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the original Constitution was signed by representatives of the thirteen states of the United States of America, and… Continue Reading
Supplanting, but related to, the sort-of-mosque that’s sort-of-not-built-yet at a place that’s sort-of-near-Ground Zero, is the story about a flamboyant Florida pastor who plans to hold a bonfire of Korans on September 11. I’m not a fan of book burnings… Continue Reading
A clear-eyed blogger has pointed out (in a post that I can no longer locate) that much of the ongoing sturm und drang over the mosque community center that includes a mosque presently in construction nearly tragically underfunded right on… Continue Reading
Here’s a combination of the wrong reaction to the Park51 mosque controversy, courtesy of the Speaker of the House of Representatives herself, Nancy Pelosi: The speaker questioned what was motivating the political opposition to the mosque, suspecting that the issue… Continue Reading