Attempts to secure reparations for blacks to “compensate” them for the effects of slavery are in the news again. Read Kristen Mack’s article in the Houston Chronicle. As ludicrous as the idea is, Kofi Taharka’s statement that “if enough pressure is placed on the ‘establishment’ and multiple tactics are used, eventually it will lead to…
Category: Politics
Getting Government Priorities Right
Johnathan Alter wrote a terrific opinion piece recently for MSNBC.com. Read it! His main point: our government needs to work together, not bicker about party politics. Seems obvious, doesn’t it
Fit to Judge?
Referring to yesterday’s editorial on judicial confirmations, it seems the Houston Chronicle and the Senators themselves, in some cases, agree. Read the article by Julie Mason The closing quote from Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Ill seems to say it all.
Confirmations Overdue
Senate Democrats have managed to confirm only eleven of over thirty judicial appointments made by President Bush, this according to the Houston Chronicle. While there seems to be plenty of time to posture over Houston’s own Enron scandal and more than enough time to pester President Bush over a decade-old, trivial stock transaction, there apparently…
Pop Star Politics
Apparently pop singer Moby wants to use his 15 minutes of fame for something meaningful. “I resent having our foreign policy determined by oil men,” he wrote. “And I resent having a cabinet that is filled with old men who have no understanding of the new economy. And I resent anachronistic, right wing politics that…
Bush Stock Trades Not News
The Whitewater-like mini-scandal embroiling President Bush over his trades of Harken Energy stock twelve years ago is much ado about nothing. In fact, it is merely a Democratic tit-for-tat, an obligatory retribution for the assaults on former President Clinton. Democratic leaders have chosen to flex their political muscle during the pre-election summer campaigns to minimize…