Lawrence Franklin, the Pentagon analyst who disclosed classified information to both an Israeli official and a lobbying group is going to plead guilty to the charges leveled against him on Wednesday. It’s an interesting aside that we still don’t know what, exactly, those charges are, only that there are 5 of them. We all assume [...]
The US Senate has confirmed John Roberts as the new Chief Justice of the Supreme Court by a vote of 78-22. Pretty solid. Given Roberts’ credentials, I can’t figure out the reason to vote against him excepting idealogical in nature, but apparently 22 Senators found one. Now for the real circus, we all waiting to [...]
Been a long day away from the blogosphere but what’s in my inbox when I get home? :::::::: We are very pleased to announce that Governor Pataki has announced the removal of the International Freedom Center (IFC) from Ground Zero. See http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/28/AR2005092801849.html for details. Every since June 8, 2005 when Debra Bulingame’s op-ed, The Great [...]
Back in May a Montgomery County, MD sex education curriculum wound up in court. I wrote about it at the time and did a follow-up on an editorial published in the Washington Post Outlook section by a high school student attending a school in that district. The crux of the lawsuit was the complaint that [...]
Poland’s voters have apparently had quite enough of their ex-communist government officials and have voted to put 2 of their center-right parties in charge. The high unemployment there (17%) and various scandals have all combined to see to the ouster of the current government and the introduction of one that has promised to do something [...]
Arlington National Cemetary holds a distinct position in our nation’s esteem. There lie interred in that hallowed ground Presidents, geniuses, philantropists, soldiers, airmen, sailors, marines and few known but to God. It is a place almost universally known by Americans as a place for this nation’s honored dead. So how could a scumbag double-murderer who [...]
I’ll be perfectly honest in that I’ve not thought much of Bill Frist. Literally. Coming off a clear win in the 2004 elections and with the momentum of the electorate behind him in getting the filibusters stopped in the Senate judicial confirmation process, he basically frittered away his mandate. He clearly doesn’t have the reins [...]
I mentioned yesterday that the NRA and Second Amendment Foundation had filed a lawsuit to block the confiscation of guns by the New Orleans police department. It has fortunately not taken long to explain the unconstitutional nature of the confiscations to a federal judge. The restraining order has been issued effective immediately. NRA spokesmen have [...]
You’ll recall the literal hourly reports from the MSM last month or so when the Army wasn’t meeting their recruitment goal? Calamity! Disaster! Looming crisis for the Pentagon. (Oh, that DAMN BUSH!!!) Yeah. So when the Pentagon puts out a report showing the August numbers showed the Army made its recruiment target at 102% of [...]
John Roberts has received the endorsement of the Senate Judiciary committee for confirmation to become the next Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. The vote was 13-5 with (no surprise) Kennedy, Biden, Feinstein, Schumer, and Durbin voting against. Roberts was endorsed by the ABA, his work as a lawyer for the government during which he [...]
