My blogging life has been light because of an interesting project I’m working on elsewhere, a survey of the concept of church and state in America. It’s non-fiction in three acts — history in the first part, law in the… Continue Reading
He’s the one showing both leadership and principle on this. I’m not so sure that some House Republicans are voting no on the stimulus just to be obstructionist (although I do think that Sully has overstated the case about “war”… Continue Reading
Looking outside the office at about 2:30 today, I saw snow coming down. Hard. Knowing that the last time we got hit with a sudden snowstorm, the County of Los Angeles’ attitude towards it was “Eh. It’ll melt eventually,” I… Continue Reading
Citing what amounts to irreconcilable differences on the stimulus bill, Senator Judd Gregg has withdrawn his nomination to be President Obama’s Commerce Secretary. This is more of a relief than a surprise, although the President is likely feeling stabbed in… Continue Reading
Comment of the month posted at Donkelphant: Instead of wasteful fiscally irresponsible and corrupt Republican controlled government spending money we don’t have on Republican pork, constituencies, contributors, and unproven pet ideologies led by a president who couldn’t talk… We now… Continue Reading
There’s this cool classic rock song from The Who, Won’t Get Fooled Again. It’s used as the theme music for one of the CSI shows. I’ve always liked the interplay between the Hammond pipe organ and Pete Townsend tearing up… Continue Reading
Vodkapundit is way cool. I don’t know where else to go, other maybe Sideways Mencken, to get such an effective mix of Battlestar Galactica references with a blend of political analysis and history.
The stimulus bill recently passed by the House, and its counterpart under consideration in the Senate, both contain “buy American” provisions — meaning that when purchases of materiel are made with money appropriated under that law, the materiel must come… Continue Reading
Ever a believer in trickle-down economics, Rudy! defends banks and other businesses that received bailout money paying their executives big bonuses with what look like taxpayer dollars. Now, I think there’s something to the idea that when people have money,… Continue Reading
It didn’t work, obviously. But instead of going on the floor of the legislature in Springfield, claiming he did it all for the children and whining about how he was special, he would have been much better off trying this… Continue Reading