February 2006

The “Lie of the Day” is a regular feature on The Laura Ingraham Show. I would like to nominate She Who Must Not Be Named for today’s Lie of the Day for this comment about Karl Rove: “He spends more time thinking about my political future than I do.”
Riiiight.
Link via Drudge

I’ve recently begun reading the book Scalia’s Dissents, which gives a good insight into the judicial philosophy and influence of Justice Antonin Scalia. One of the areas that struck me was his contribution to the definition of the terms “Originalism” and “Textualism”. These judicial philosophies found their expression in Scalia, and he has done more [...]

Australia’s Medway Golf Club recently refused entry to former President Clinton. The club stated that they could not deprive their paying customers of a round, even for an ex-President. I especially appreciated the reaction of club members to the news:
“We would have played with him — golf, that is.”
-Lorraine Bramley, club member
“”We can’t deprive the [...]

Earlier today I outlined my trepidation with jumping on the bandwagon for being against the UAE port deal. Turns out that another element was introduced to my thinking. Rush Limbaugh is coming out, if not in favor of the deal, at least not opposed. His points are interesting, and should be carefully considered. Rush is [...]

John Bolton took some U.N. folk to a Knicks game here in NYC last night. Bolton’s hope was to remove the diplomats from their “bubble” so they could get a taste of America. I’m not sure it worked.
Chinese Ambassador Zhang Yishan described his approach to the evening: “Forget about the security, forget about the peace, [...]

A law has been passed making abortion illegal in South Dakota. The purpose of the law is to directly challenge the Supreme Court to re-rule on the constitutionality of abortion.
While I certainly agree wholeheartedly with the law in question, I think it is a mistake to attempt to pass these laws at this time. The [...]

Back in the late 1990s, Republicans were terrified of the gun issue, often highlighting their support for modest gun control. The tables have turned. Democrat Senate candidate Bob Casey is making it known that like Senator Santorum, he opposes gun control. While this should help Casey politically with the middle of the road types in [...]

Roger Stone at the New York Observer has a pretty good take on the similarities between the pre-1968 Richard Nixon and sore loser Al Gore. Stone contends that the similarities suggest AL Gore is well positioned to run for President again and that he would be formidable in a Democrat primary against She Who Must [...]

I recently ate lunch at a pub near my workplace which I refer to as my “secure undisclosed location” and struck up a conversation with the bartender. Little did I know I would treated to a peep show into the mind of a European leftist. Two things struck me as odd. First, the liberal habit [...]

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear the first major abortion case of the newly-constituted Roberts Court. The case in question deals with the Federal Partial Birth Abortion Ban, which was struck down by a Nebraska court almost immediately after the law was passed. This could be the first case that places limits on abortion [...]

For those of you from RI, or who have lived in or near RI for a period of time, a recent article has Donald Trump wanting to build a casino, in, of all places, Johnston, RI.
I don’t know if words can do this story justice. One of my favorite quotes from the article:
”This would [...]