Illegal immigration wasn't even an issue in 2000 or 2004. Now, it is becoming the issue for Romney and Giuliani to fight over. McCain's "comprehensive" proposal is one of the factors that will sink him on Super Tuesday. On the … [Read more...]
Benazir Bhutto Assassinated
By a gunman and suicide bomber. Details here. Nothing like a country that is already a little fast and loose with its nuclear weapons teetering on the brink of civil war. Good thing we have a crack team in the White House. Yikes. … [Read more...]
Dona Nobis Pacem
Goodness knows, we could use it. For all of you who celebrate the Christmas holiday, may you have a merry and safe Christmas. For those of you who do not, I hope you enjoy your movie, and suggest the General Gao's Chicken. … [Read more...]
American Jurisprudence on Torture
The "enhanced interrogation technique" was then called the "water cure" which is a form of simulated drowning. Sound familiar?Thus sayeth the Mississippi Supreme Court:The state offered . . . testimony of confessions made by the … [Read more...]
Log Cabin Republicans “endorse” Romney
Peter Sagel, of Wait! Wait! Don't Tell Me, joked that Romney denounced the Log Cabin Republicans as a "national gay rights group" and challenged 1994 Romney to stop the politics of personal destruction.All in all, well played Log Cabin … [Read more...]
What is the Value of a College Education?
My own view is that most high school seniors and parents dramatically overvalue the undergraduate education.Tuition at my alma mater, BC, is now well over $40K per year. This cost is probably consistent with the other major private … [Read more...]
Hillary moves into a dead heat with McCain and Giuliani
A USA Today poll, Hillary is shown to have moved into a tie with Republican candidates McCain and Giuliani.Zzzzzz. Big deal.Um, the poll was taken in Texas.I'm sure it is a crummy poll in a thousand different ways. But, … [Read more...]
This ought to cheer some of you up…
Connecticut for Lieberman, the party created by BMG fave Senator Joe Lieberman, has been taken over by the critics of the Senator.According to the newly adopted by-laws, in order to be a member of the Connecticut for Leiberman Party, one … [Read more...]
Brownback is in for 2008
Brownback is in for 2008.If true, this puts a pretty big wrench in the works for Governor Mitt. Mitt has generated quite a bit of traction by leading the charge against SSM, but is vulnerable among the evangelical set on the abortion … [Read more...]