Voter ID Laws Rankle Left
by Legal scholar Jeffery Toobin thinks laws requiring voters to show a valid picture ID before voting are biased in favor of Republicans. This argument makes …
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Marc is a software developer, writer, and part-time political know-it-all who currently resides in Texas in the good ol' U.S.A.
Telcos, Money, and Immunity
Glen Greenwald’s latest piece on immunity for telecom companies that helped the government in the aftermath of 9/11 is one worth reading. Fundamentally the issue …
Illegal Immigrant Crackdown
The NY Times reports that immigration officials have been running a rapid-fire prosecution program aimed at illegal aliens who’d fraudulently used other people’s identification to …
Effects of Feminism
Rebecca Walker, daughter of feminism and author Alice Walker, who publicly called her own child a calamity in her life, has some interesting things to …
About that Dream Ticket… (or How a Bad Choice of Words Could End Hillary’s Political Career, Again)
The New York Post: "My husband did not wrap up the nomination in 1992 until he won the California primary somewhere in the middle of …
Dream Ticket Happening?
CNN says that talks to create the Democratic party’s Dream Team are underway. The word "difficult" was used, as you’d expect, given that Hillary has …
Dems Lied re Iraq to Win Congress
Jeff Emanuel’s excellent article about Representative Paul Kanjorski (D-PA) confirms what I’ve written for several months now: that the Democrats were dishonest about their intentions …
Yes on GI Bill, No on Timing
It’s got to be heartbreaking for President Bush and John McCain to be on the wrong side of the GI Bill debate. Interestingly, their position …
McCain & the Islam Problem
John McCain’s pastor problem, part 2, in the form of Reverend Rod Parsley, can be summed up in the minister’s own words about Islam. Parsley’s …
Blogging Exposed
Emily Gould’s piece about blogging for Gawker last year is a love-lorn letter to the business of blogging and what it can put a person …