Archive for the ‘Constitution’ Category
Romney endorses McCain, strange?
Thursday, February 14, 2008 22:42 No CommentsFormer Massachusetts Governor, Mitt Romney today endorsed John McCain for President.
In his campaign, Romney used TV ads and personal appearances to question whether McCain was truly a conservative and to criticize the senator as a longtime Washington insider who had accomplished little change. But Thursday, the two stood together in Boston.
In an obvious attempt at party unity, [...]
Did Gonzales make us Blink?
Sunday, March 25, 2007 10:40 No CommentsI’m not one for piling up bad news with more bad news, but this latest Justice Department probe is approaching the ridiculous. Even Diane Feinstein can feel that we’ve “tipped” and she can now exert some more of her muscle. Not a pleasant thought.
I’m pouring through Malcolm Gladwell’s latest book, “Blink: The Power of Thinking Without [...]
Playing God
Friday, February 9, 2007 7:48 No CommentsThere have been a couple of stories in the news lately about people getting access to appropriate, legal, and voluntary health care. On the 31st of January, this notice appeared in the NY Times:
A woman who told the Tampa police that she had been raped was jailed for two days after officers found a warrant [...]
Holding the purse strings
Sunday, January 21, 2007 22:23 No CommentsAs George Bush plans his speech unveiling the new-new Iraq strategy, the new Congress is looking at ways to make the displeasure that brought so many of them into office known. The 109th Congress had done quite a job of offloading as many of its powers as it seemingly could to the President, so options [...]







