Jonah Goldberg has a perceptive column about the peril of judicial activism based on the recent Supreme Court ruling on capital punishment, Baze v. Rees, 553 U. S. ____ (2008). In a separate concurrence, Justice John Paul Stevens makes an argument that demonstrates a profound disrespect for the rule of law in this country: In [...]
The story of these hilariously violent animations is the subject of this Wired article.
The AP reports that John McCain has been able to consolidate the Republican base and is even winning some independents and Democrats as well: Partly thanks to an increasingly likable image, the Republican presidential candidate has pulled even with the two Democrats still brawling for their party’s nomination, according to an Associated Press-Yahoo news poll [...]
David Brooks defends ABC News from the attacks over last night’s Democratic debate: I understand the complaints, but I thought the questions were excellent. The journalist’s job is to make politicians uncomfortable, to explore evasions, contradictions and vulnerabilities. Almost every question tonight did that. The candidates each looked foolish at times, but that’s their own [...]
By the hostile reactions from the usual suspects. How dare they ask serious questions about Obama’s past associations with Weather Underground terrorist Bill Ayers or his association with the radicalism of Pastor Wright! They should have been lobbing softballs about how “universal” Obama’s healthcare plan will be! Over at The Campaign Spot, Jim Geraghty wonders [...]
Even though the whole “bitter-gate” brouhaha is starting to become old news, there are two perspectives on the scandal worth examining. The first comes from Jonah Goldberg, who sees this as less about “elitism” and more about Obama’s distorted worldview: I agree with Rich entirely. I don’t mind him saying that small town blue collar [...]
Kurt Denke is the owner of a company that makes connection cables for audio/visual equipment. Monster Cable is a company that sells ridiculously-priced connection cables for audio/visual equipment. Monster Cable decided to send a cease-and-desist letter to Mr. Denke’s company. Monster Cable didn’t realize that Mr. Denke was a lawyer. This is the response they [...]