One wants to believe that Bush, after talking about Social Security privatization since his first congressional campaign in 1978, would understand the policy pretty well. But the more the president makes his pitch, the more it raises questions about whether he’s intentionally trying to deceive or just confused about major details. Out on the hustings, […]
By now, probably everyone has heard that House Majority Leader Tom DeLay took his attacks on the judiciary to a new level yesterday, making an implicit threat against the judges who upheld the law. Mrs. Schiavo’s death is a moral poverty and a legal tragedy. This loss happened because our legal system did not protect […]
Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), who opposes abortion rights, seemed to have crafted the perfect line for wavering Dems a couple of months ago — focus on prevention. He unveiled the Prevention First Act (S. 20), which aims to reduce the number of abortions by focusing on reducing unwanted pregnancies. NARAL, hardly Reid’s natural […]
For nearly 20 years, members of Congress have been prohibited from “moonlighting.” That is, ethics rules forbid lawmakers from working outside of their official responsibilities while serving in Congress. Sen. Tom Coburn knows this, but has decided that he can ignore ethics rules he doesn’t like. While he’s back home in Muskogee, Okla., for the […]
Rudy Giuliani’s stature took a bit of a hit when he became a Bush campaign attack dog last year — going so far, at one point, to start blaming U.S. troops for the administration’s mistakes — but the former New York mayor still seems to consider himself presidential material. But if his gutter politics on […]
Today’s installment of campaign-related news items that wouldn’t generate a post of their own, but may be of interest to political observers: * Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-R.I.) made Sen. Lincoln Chafee (R) very happy yesterday, announcing that he would seek re-election to the House and not mount a Senate campaign. Rhode Island Secretary of State […]
The three Denver residents (Alex Young, Karen Bauer, and Leslie Weise) who were removed from a presidential event because one of them drove a car with a liberal bumper sticker are not taking this outrage lightly. Yesterday, Dan Recht, the attorney representing the Denver Three, asked Attorney General Alberto Gonzales to investigate the matter. (Recht […]
Usually when conservatives want to use the power of the government to promote their religion, they make a half-hearted effort to case the effort in secular terms. With this in mind, it’s almost refreshing to see lawmakers in Mississippi drop the pretense. Mississippi’s Senate voted Tuesday to allow the Ten Commandments, the motto “In God […]
It’s impossible to reconcile this… “Anytime this nation puts one of our youngsters into harm’s way, we’d better — and we will — make sure they get the best training, the best equipment, the best possible support.” — President Bush, July 2003 …with this. The Army has deployed a new troop transport vehicle in Iraq […]
There are certain American institutions in which secular liberals are supposed to reign supreme. Not many, of course, but a couple. Alas, even the last bastion of this dying breed appears to be under siege. From our friends at James Dobson’s Focus on the Family: A Hollywood project that has successfully trained Christian writers to […]