Sister Toldjah has an idea: Why not stand up for some traditional conservative values, you know, like they mean something. Republicans have known for several months that they’d be facing Barack Obama as president and a Democratic majority in Congress. But knowing their opponent hasn’t translated into a strategy for dealing with Mr. Obama’s enormous…
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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.
Quote of the Day
Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.: "The first requirement of a sound body of law is that it should correspond with the actual feelings and demands of the community." Is that what we have? If not, why not?
Why "Yes We Can" Could Flop Hoover-style
Barack Obama was elected in part because his signature slogan of “Yes we can!” resonated with many Americans, including all-important independent voters. For his presidency to succeed Mr. Obama now has to create the circumstances that allow his supporters to do. Do what? That thing they want to do. Problem is that modern America is…
Luddites Win; Senate Votes to Delay Digital TV
At the urging of the new Obama administration, the U.S. Senate has voted to delay the nation’s transition to digital television for 4 months. The reason? “The Nielsen Co. estimates that more than 6.5 million U.S. households that rely on analog television sets to pick up over-the-air broadcast signals could see their TV sets go…
Geithner In as U.S. Treasury Secretary, Tax Enforcement to Decline?
Barack Obama doesn’t think so, but The Question has to be asked about his new Secretary of the Treasury, doesn’t it? Will Tim Geithner turn into an archetypal “do as I say, not as I do” bureaucrat and strictly enforce the tax laws he was personally unable to comply with or will he turn a…
Liberals’ Take on Texas Science Ed Misses Wide Left
Writing about the controversy the Texas Board of Education sparked by removing a requirement to teach evolution on its merits, Steven Benen neatly summed up the left’s position in his article at the Washington Monthly. His points and my replies are below, his in plain black, mine mine in blue italics. Enjoy! At some point…
Texas Board to Block Teaching Evolution’s Shortcomings
The Houston Chronicle reports that the Texas State Board of Education has tentatively decided drop its 20-year-old requirement mandating that science teachers address both “strengths and weaknesses” of the scientific theory originated by Charles Darwin in the 19th century, capping a heated debate on the topic. In Texas, the theory of evolution now has no…
Obama Eliminates Bush’s Executive Privilege Order
On his second day in office, Barack Obama fulfilled a campaign promise when he replaced George W. Bush’s executive order pertaining to executive privilege and the release – or withholding, in Bush’s case – of presidential records. Obama: Going forward, anytime the American people want to know something that I or a former President wants…
Test Your First Amendment Knowledge
The Student Press Law Center has an interesting quiz to test your knowledge of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. It’s fun and free! I scored a woeful 23 out of 30 for 77%. Kind of embarrassing… I think I’ll go with the "I was in a hurry b/c I’m at work" defense. Are…
Obama Makes History – Now on to What Matters
The United States’ first black president has taken office. On many levels this is a good thing, though I daresay it would be better if the historic election had brought a fiscal conservative to the White House, particularly at this uneasy moment in our history. Even so, I do not hope Mr. Obama fails, as…