Pot Calling Kettle

April 16, 2010

This is rich: Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., the chairman of the [Senate Judiciary] panel, said it’s a double-standard for Republicans to criticize a nominee with liberal views, since GOP presidents have traditionally nominated conservative activists for the federal bench. Leahy is about one-quarter right. GOP presidents have nominated conservatives to the federal bench (or attempted [...]

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The Revelation of Christopher

April 6, 2010

Christopher Beam of Slate has seen Obama’s utopia, and a more hellish place can hardly be imagined. Christopher’s visit to Valhalla on the high holy day exposed the vapid and senseless land to which we go. The theme of the celebration was, predictably, fitness . . . No clinging to religion here. First to emerge [...]

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Christ Is Risen

April 3, 2010

William Byrd Mass for Three Voices – Sanctus

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First They Came for the Fizz

April 2, 2010

The feds are now coming after your cocktails. Is there anything they won’t regulate? The risk of salmonella from raw egg whites is apparently quite low: Of course, salmonella is no joking matter. But the reality is that since the salmonella scares of previous decades, the danger of encountering the bacteria has become infinitesimal. You’re [...]

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A Necessary Reminder

March 31, 2010

During the Bush administration, dissent was patriotic. Now we hear it’s dangerous. In fact, it seems that all conservatives are somehow to blame for the looney fringe on the right. After all, if you believe the commentary of MSNBC and others, the rhetoric from the Tea Party Movement and others who oppose Obamacare has no [...]

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Remaking the Judiciary

March 24, 2010

Theodore Frank explains why Goodwin Liu’s nomination to the Ninth Circuit should be voted down. The Ninth Circuit is a court that was one vote away from striking down the Pledge of Allegiance; regularly abuses the law to disregard states’ wishes to impose capital punishment; has ordered California to release 25% of its prisoners; has [...]

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Played for Fools

March 20, 2010

The insane decision to release the Lockerbie bomber from prison and allow him to return home to Libya doesn’t look any wiser in hindsight. More than six months have now passed since Libyan Lockerbie bomber Abdul Ali al-Megrahi was given a “compassionate” release from a Scottish prison — because he had less than three months [...]

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What’s Wrong with This Picture?

March 19, 2010

The government will now regulate what actors wear in films. They must wear transparent latex. You might have thought that the First Amendment allows people the freedom of expression to get naked and copulate on camera. If so, you would be in agreement with the Supreme Court. And the ACLU. The community standards of prudes [...]

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And Toyota Discriminates Too

March 13, 2010

Plaintiffs’ lawyers suing Toyota for a “sudden acceleration” defect will need to add in a claim for age discrimination. It seems the vast majority of Toyota’s victims are over 60. To make matters worse, there is a high percentage of immigrants involved. No word on gender. Now I wonder how Toyota programmed its computers to [...]

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More Media Gullibility on Toyota

March 13, 2010

Here’s a follow-up on the story of the Toyota Prius that couldn’t stop without intervention by the Highway Patrol. The driver was afraid to take his hands off the wheel to shift into neutral, but he had a cell phone conversation going and also claims he tried to pry up the accelerator pedal. And he [...]

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