Reading at Left Coast Rebel about a month ago, I was dismayed to learn last month that the Cash for Clunkers program was gaining political purchase. I can see the logic behind the initiative — subsidize the ability of people… Continue Reading
Obviously, the Holocaust Museum murders yesterday were awful. They were the act of a deranged individual acting on hateful beliefs and the only consolation for the deaths of innocent people is that their murderer was swiftly neutralized and will do… Continue Reading
It’s hard to appreciate just how important this story will be. In a world where politics is polarized not around abortion and gay marriage but rather around secular/western versus religious/insular politics, it’s heartening to see democracy working and the Party… Continue Reading
You know, I still still haven’t figured out how we get from “There is only one President and all the rest of the executive branch are just extensions of the President and not really independent political actors” to “You can’t… Continue Reading
Rush Limbaugh called Sonia Sotomayor a “reverse racist.” But he may support her nomination to the Supreme Court anyway. Why? She’s Catholic and has an unclear record on THE ISSUE. That is why my guide to language surrounding Supreme Court… Continue Reading
Let’s say you were just at a restaurant and a little kid ran away from her parent and into the kitchen — an environment with flames, hot grease, knives, slippery floors, and all manner of other dangers. And the parent… Continue Reading
A big story in right-leaning media over the weekend, apparently, the harassment by San Diego County code enforcement officials of a pastor and his wife having Bible study in their house on Good Friday. I read about it today on… Continue Reading
Today, President Obama will announce his nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court, and the California Supreme Court will announce its final decision in the Prop. 8 review case. When these things happen, I will be either in or departing from… Continue Reading
First of all, read this editorial from a thirteen-year-old girl from a villiage about twenty miles from Ottawa. She’s articulate, appropriate with her emotion, and demonstrates enough maturity of understanding that others have and are entitled to a point of… Continue Reading
I’ve never been convinced that military tribunals were the best way to handle terrorists. On the other hand, I’ve never been convinced that they’re not. I am pretty sure that a military tribunal can provide all of the essential elements… Continue Reading