When I talk on the stage, people often have the impression that I make up things as I go along. That isn't true. I know a lot of things I want to say, I'm just not sure exactly when I'll say them. --From Lenny Bruce's book "How to Talk … [Read more...]
On Homeland Security, Or, We Visit A Terrorist Gathering Place
I can't give away too many details, for security reasons, but I can tell you that this particular distribution center is located about three miles from the Boeing Company's Renton, Washington, manufacturing site. (The assembly lines for the … [Read more...]
On Saving Us From The Immoral, Or “Ready, Fire…Aim!”
There are those who seem surprised that a defective rattrap like the Mulford law could be endorsed by the legislature of a supposedly progressive, enlightened state. But these same people were surprised when [California's] Proposition 14, … [Read more...]
On Online Brainstorming, Or, “Hey, Unions…Wanna Grow?”
Credit Where Credit Is Due Dept.: We're having this conversation today because of a back and forth between StratfordDem and myself over at Blue Hampshire, as I mentioned above, and the ideas that you'll hear here are hardly my own-in fact, … [Read more...]
On Saving 319,000 Jobs, Or, Legislation Keeps Teachers Teaching
So across my desk have come documents that report how many jobs will be saved by the House coming back into session to vote out H.R. 1586 and send it to the President for his signature. Long story short, after all the commemorative pens … [Read more...]
On Organized Fearmongering Revealed, Or, “Lock Up The Kids It’s The Gay!”
So first things first: one of the sites where my postings are to be found is The Bilerico Project, and over there Dr. Jillian T. Weiss has gone to the time and trouble of explaining the nuts and bolts of this ruling in a very accessible … [Read more...]
Prop 8 Preview: The “Basis” Is The Thing
We have a long discussion available, here and here, that explains exactly what happened in Massachusetts a few weeks ago, but the short version is something like this: a series of Plaintiffs, including private persons and the State of … [Read more...]
Lee Surrenders To Grant, Obama Retains Slavery
Ohio Congressman Zebidiah Kucinich summed up the anger from the left: "We won the war, for God's sakes, which is a mandate if I ever saw one, and yet the first thing the President orders when putting together surrender terms is to take the … [Read more...]
On A Pair Of Victories, Part Two, Or, DOMA Ruled Unconstitutionally Irrational
In the companion case, Massachusetts v HHS, the Plaintiff was the State of Massachusetts, who alleged, convincingly, that the DOMA definition of "spouse" was forcing the State to illegally discriminate against its own citizens. Today's … [Read more...]
On A Pair Of Victories, Part One, Or, “I DOMA Think Congress Can Define Spouse Anymore”
This will be too much analysis for one story; we'll be, instead, discussing the ruling in Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today; the second opinion, which decides Gill v OPM (OPM is the US … [Read more...]
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