That’s about as provocative a post title as I could think of for a more detailed report on the more interesting of the two cases issued yesterday striking down the Federal Defense of Marriage Act, Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. United… Continue Reading
One of the big motivating reasons offered to justify the controversial “new” law concerning immigration in Arizona is the fear that undocumented aliens are perpetrating a wave of crime, particularly violent crime, upon hapless Arizonans. The Feds are letting all… Continue Reading
(Cross-Posted at League of Ordinary Gentlemen.) So the Federal Department of Justice has sued the State of Arizona over Arizona’s immigration law. Once again, I am forced to think critically about something of which I superficially would seem to approve.… Continue Reading
If you were to watch this video without a critical mind, you’d probably wind up feeling outraged. But as someone who has had his own thoughts and beliefs tested by countless documentaries and other media productions, and who later in… Continue Reading
It’s easy to lose sight of the fact that the Founding Fathers were not perfect people, that they made mistakes and even changed their minds about things over the course of their lives. But of course even a moment’s thought… Continue Reading
So says Legal Satyricon (a law banning books is okay as long as it is not actually used) and the Secular Coalition for America (citing five examples of a disregard of the principle of separation of church and state). Indeed,… Continue Reading
Well, it didn’t take long for what is actually a reasonable starting point for a dialogue about how to handle Social Security’s impending financial depletion to be irresponsibly demagogued by veracity-deficient liberals. For the record, Congressman Boehner said he would… Continue Reading
First and more importantly, the irregularly-recurrent legal kabuki theater known as Supreme Court confirmation hearings have begun, this time for Solicitor General Elena Kagan’s nomination by the President to replace retiring Justice John Paul Stevens. General Kagan gave a scripted… Continue Reading
Everyone is blogging, talking, and tweeting about the profile of General Stanley McChrystal in the current edition of Rolling Stone, which hit the Internets today. What seems to be catching everyone’s attention is a combination of the dismissive to disrespectful… Continue Reading
I was there way ahead you, Spiegel. I made the analogy on February 13, 2008, to be exact.