Congress has issued a report that is critical of the private security firm Blackwater, according to the NY Times. The report by the Democratic majority staff of a House committee adds weight to complaints from Iraqi officials, American military officers and Blackwater’s competitors that company guards have taken an aggressive, trigger-happy approach to their work…
Month: October 2007
Hillary’s Baby Plan Redux
The Chicago Tribune just published an analysis of Hillary’s plan that is rather similar to mine. Their conclusions? Well, the editorial is titled "Clinton’s baby boondoggle" for a reason… It would be expensive — about $20 billion a year — and Clinton offered no way to pay for it. Absent a funding source, the cost…
Summers of Our Discontent
Kathleen Parker says that Lawrence Summers, the former Harvard President, is the prototypical example of this generation’s McCarthyism – political correctness in academia. Summers, you’ll recall, was driven out of his university post in 2005 after he suggested at a conference that gender differences might account for an under representation by women in science, math…
Dog Walker Law Bites Volunteers
Austin’s city government is now requiring that volunteers at the city’s animal shelter submit to background checks and turn over private information such as social security numbers. Under the new rules, each volunteer must give his or her legal name, date of birth and Social Security number for an annual background check. Fingerprinting is required…