National Politics
And I’ll share it with you: [Hillary] might even be shameless enough to put [Bill] on the Supreme Court, where he could ruin the law of the land, as many of his own judicial appointees are already doing in the federal courts. From an equal-opportunity take-down column by Thomas Sowell.
Some news stories, like this one below about the just-passed Omnibus bill in Congress, need no further commentary: [South Carolina Senator] DeMint’s office put a finger in Sen. Dick Durbin’s (D-Ill.) eye last night: Durbin: “For 46 hours and 8 minutes—the Senator from South Carolina has had an opportunity to go to the Internet and…
The Corner provides excerpts from Mitt Romney’s speech today, which suggest it will focus on the broader strategic question of what role religion should play in the American public square instead of the granularity of Mormon theology: There are some who may feel that religion is not a matter to be seriously considered in the…
Here’s the January calendar for the Presidential nomination process, which finally seems to have settled, from CBS News…The Iowa caucuses will start the nominating process on January 3.Wyoming GOP county caucuses follow on January 5……followed by New Hampshire on January 8……and Michigan on January 15.South Carolina Republicans and Nevada will vote on January 19South Carolina…
From this past weekend‘s 10 News Conference on WJAR-TV (NBC 10)…Bill Rappleye: Has patriotism been corrupted? We’ve had a controversy whether Barack Obama is going to wear a flag-lapel pin. Former Senator Lincoln Chafee: I think he gave a good answer. If it’s in your heart, you don’t need to put it on your lapel,…
The Providence Journal editorial board is dead on in its criticism of Sheldon Whitehouse for furthering delays of judicial appointments in Rhode Island: Two important local federal judgeships on the U.S. District Court in Providence and U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals (a seat long held by a Rhode Islander) have gone unfilled for 10 months.…
Sharing this March 2005 blog post with someone today was a pleasant reminder to me of how much I still agreed with what I wrote back then. Which naturally means I now encourage you to read it again as well!
The Anchoress makes a keen observation: Chelsea Clinton works for Avenue Capital and makes an estimated 6 figure salary. Not bad for a woman in her mid-twenties and I certainly don’t begrudge her; Chelsea seems to be a private and perfectly nice person, and if either of my kids could make that kind of sugar…
Newt Gingrich’s American Solutions for Winning the Future organization will be holding a number of events in Rhode Island this Thursday and Saturday. Here’s the welcoming statement from the organization’s website…We recently launched American Solutions for Winning the Future, a unique non-partisan organization designed to rise above traditional gridlocked partisanship, to provide real, significant solutions…