Cause, effect, and the U.S. Supreme Court
I hadn't heard about this: The campaign finance reform case being argued Wednesday at the Supreme Court is about the tension in federal elections between free speech and government regulation. Another campaign finance reform vs. free speech case. Last time, the Court ruled in favor of free speech. Five to four. This time...well, I don't know why they'd rule otherwise,...
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Presidential chutzpah, fiscal-style
President Obama is looking at retirement plan reforms: President Barack Obama announced a series of policy changes Saturday aimed at making it easier for Americans to save money for retirement. Among the changes are expanded access to 401k plans, small tax policy changes and a pledge to let workers convert vacation days into retirement savings. Well, great. Hey, I'm all...
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I am shocked -
shocked - to find a radical in the Obama White House!
So there's an avowed Communist; a 9/11 Truther; an "activist" whose worldview is almost entirely instructed by race in the White House. And we're surprised? Van Jones - the "Green Czar," President Obama's "Special Adviser for Green Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation." is - we know, because he told us - a Communist and a 9/11 Truther. He believes that global...
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Known entomophobe Andrew Sullivan, beclowning himself.
Yesterday, regarding the WaPo's "Torture worked" story, Andrew Sullivan found it necessary to write: They (the WaPo) have described John McCain's experience in Vietnam as torture, and yet what he endured was nothing like as brutal as what was done to KSM (Khalid Sheik Mohammed). That right there was a stupid thing to write. Worse than stupid: it was petty....
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At least liberals will acknowledge that Chappaquiddick happened, now that Kennedy's gone.
They're talking about it, at least, but they're still in denial. Writing in the Chicago Tribune, Eric Zorn is grateful that the modern media blanket didn't exist in 1969. If it had, Kennedy's career might have...gasp...ended! Was it just as well that we didn't -- couldn't -- have a media feeding frenzy over Chappaquiddick in 1969? Would the nation have...
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David Frum: stupid conservatives, inciting violence like that!
From the "when you're on a roll, keep rolling" files, this is the second time this week I'm taking after David Frum for saying something...well, stupid. Writing in The Week, Frum tells us that conservatives are inciting violence at health care town hall meetings: A man bearing a sidearm appears outside President Obama's Aug. 11 town hall meeting in Portsmouth,...
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The world would be
so much nicer if not for all these
people.
Pregnant, are you? Gonna have a baby? Why? Do you hate the planet that much? For people who are looking for ways to reduce their "carbon footprint," here's one radical idea that could have a big long-term impact, some scientists say: Have fewer kids. A study by statisticians at Oregon State University concluded that in the United States, the carbon...
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SEIU Gets Violent...Again
So some SEIU members beat up a protester in St. Louis last week, and the internet - at least, parts of it - noticed. But all the blogs and columns and coverage and punditizing seem to be missing one important word. Again. As in: SEIU members got violent at a protest...again. Remember this, from last April: SEIU International Attempts Disruption...
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