Check this out, by a constitutional scholar at the ultra-libertarian and generally quite conservative Cato Institute, regarding Justice Scalia's vote in favor of federal authority to regulate medical marijuana.Money quote: Scalia condemns … [Read more...]
Mass. rules again!
So the latest "smartest state to dumbest state" rankings are out, and once again, Massachusetts tops the list. (As Eugene Volokh accurately points out, though, these rankings really don't measure how "smart" a … [Read more...]
Second Middlesex Senate race gets officially underway this Thursday; candidate questionnaires from M
This Thursday, June 16, the truly adventurous can attend not one but two campaign kickoff events for the Second Middlesex Senate seat vacated by the death of Charlie Shannon. Rep. Pat Jehlen (D-Somerville) will be holding her event … [Read more...]
Endangered Species Act apparently safe, for now
Without comment or recorded dissent, the Supreme Court today denied review of a case from the 5th Circuit, called GDF Realty Investments, Ltd. v. Norton, that raised the question whether the Endangered Species Act could, consistent with … [Read more...]
“Young” libertarians have a field day at the Globe op-ed page
Today's Globe op-ed page features two columns, each from a distinctly libertarian point of view, and each by an author whose last name is Young. I have a couple of thoughts on the substance of both pieces. I leave to your … [Read more...]
Archdiocese’s lockout stays in the news
The story of the Boston Archdiocese locking out the students at Our Lady of the Presentation in Brighton has made it to the first page of the NY Times's "National Report." And kudos to Mayor Menino, who really went out of … [Read more...]
Boston Archdiocese locks out kids
Okay, y'all are scaring me now. Money quote from one of the parents:"This is an archdiocese that has learned nothing from the clergy sex-abuse scandal. The archdiocese failed to take care of our children in the past and fails to … [Read more...]
New York Times misses the medical marijuana boat
The plaintiffs in Raich sought the protection of a California law allowing them to use marijuana for medicinal purposes. The problem, of course, is that federal drug laws prohibit the possession of marijuana for any purpose, and … [Read more...]
I hope this is not true
From the NY Daily News gossip page, via Wonkette:I hear that Hip Hop Summit honcho Russell Simmons, a loyal Democrat, met in Washington yesterday with Republican National Committee Chairman Ken Mehlman, but not with Democratic Party chief … [Read more...]
Divorce is, like, SO gay
The latest from Pope Benedict XVI:"The various forms of the dissolution of matrimony today, like free unions, trial marriages and going up to pseudo-matrimonies by people of the same sex, are rather expressions of an anarchic freedom … [Read more...]
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