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Date: October 31st, 2005

Are they getting it, at long last? Terrorists murder 20 in Iraq

31 October, 2005 (19:47) | Uncategorized | By: ricjames

I checked the news when I got home tonite and was floored by the story on Fox’s front page about a car bomb going off in Basra, Iraq. You can’t go a stretch of 3 days in a row without hearing something like that trumpted all over the news but the jaw-dropping part of this [...]

And now for something truly different…

31 October, 2005 (19:30) | Uncategorized | By: ricjames

For those of us who feel like our judicial system has gone to the dogs, I can only provide as a perspective reset this story carried on the BBC message boards. I have never had to wonder – until now – about how a judge must feel about having to enter certain… events… into the [...]

Bush to nominate 3rd Circuit Judge Samuel Alito to SCOTUS

31 October, 2005 (07:20) | Uncategorized | By: ricjames

Fox (among others) is reporting that President Bush will nominate 3rd Circuit Judge Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court today. By default, he’s got a characteristic that alleviates my concern over Harriet Miers: he’s got experience. The next several days will show whether the White House has learned to properly vet a candidate again and [...]