Barney Frank: Antonin Scalia is a Homophobe
by Modern politicians are often cagey speakers, carefully measuring their assertions so as to allow for maximum wiggle room later if needed. Not so much with …
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Abortion / Child Care / Law
Federal Judge OKs "Morning After" Pill for Juveniles – Parental Consent Unnecessary
U.S. District Judge Edward Korman says that the Food and Drug Administration’s refusal to approve Plan B for over-the-counter use by juvenile girls was politically …
Cold Fusion Coming Closer?
Pamela Mosier-Boss, a U.S. Navy researcher, isn’t willing to climb out on that limb just yet. But she says that her lab has produced “significant” …
Obama Takes Guns Out of Pilots’ Hands, Risks Public Safety
Despite the obvious benefits of having weapons in the right hands during airline flights, the Obama administration is reportedly ending that policy. There is no …
Gay Marriage Poison Pill: Equality or Abolition
Michael Lindenberger of Time says that civil unions are the way to break out of the quagmire that gay marriage activists find themselves in, giving …
The Brokest Generation
Mark Steyn tries, probably in vain, to point out to Gen Y’ers exactly what their support for Barack Obama’s big-spending ways will mean to them …
What It Takes to Fight Terrorism
At the Telegraph, Con Coughlin lays out what’s wrong with Britain’s effort to fight Islamic terrorism to-date, saying: No one can claim that we in …
Liberalism / Society / World
The Anti-Purpose of Government
Mona Charen, riffing off of Charles Murray, has this to say about the effects of a welfare state on its citizenry: To become a source …
Quote of the Day – re Union Card Check Rules
Teamsters chief Jimmy Hoffa Jr.: “Since when is the secret ballot a basic tenet of democracy?” Uhhm, since forever is my immediate response. That’s not …
Thinking Self Destruction, Not Others’
There’s a mistaken idea floating around in some of our heads telling us that suicide is the most tragic end that a person can come …