Gay marriage amendment fails rights test
By Editor02/29/2004
Many have thus far weighed in on President Bush's proposed marriage amendment. Aside from the political arguments in favor or against such an amendment, I see a major flaw in taking this issue to the Constitution.
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Courting Religious Discrimination
By Amy Phillips02/27/2004
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled this week that the state of Washington may deny college scholarships to students majoring in theology without violating their constitutional rights to free exercise of religion. According to the majority opinion (pdf), written by Chief Justice Rehnquist:
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Gay Marriage Definitely A Wedge Issue Among Democrats
By Edward E.J. Davis02/26/2004
Karl Rove has to be drinking a little champagne tonight. The gay marriage issue has shown just how tenuous the unified Democratic Party theory really is, but whether or not gay marriage becomes the wedge issue Republicans hope it'll be depends on how clearly Democrats can see the forest from the trees.
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Bush on wrong side of history with marriage amendment
By Mike Thomas02/26/2004
The Wall Street Journal editorial page the other day featured a column by a Harvard law professor touting the anti-gay marriage amendment that was recently endorsed by President Bush. In the article, the professor defines gay marriage as “special benefits for a group of relatively affluent households, most of which have two earners and are not raising children.”
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Mel Gibson's 'Passion' kills woman
By Editor02/26/2004
For Gibson's detractors, it's as if a sign came from above:
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Left blows economy out of proportion
By Hunter Williams02/25/2004
My column this week in the Independent Florida Alligator tackles the leftist lie that our economy is tanking. A sampling:
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Great Bad Ideas of History
By Stephen Macklin02/24/2004
President Bush spoke today in support of a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage.
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Homosexuals Not Winning Hearts and Minds
By Darren Copeland02/24/2004
As a person who could really care less who marries whom, same-sex proponents aren't doing a very good job at making me sympathetic to their cause. And that is the 100,000 pound elephant in the room no one is talking about. In California, 61% of the population voted against same-sex marriage. 61% You not only win an election with 61%, you pass a test. 61% is a huge number, but same-sex proponents ignore that gi-normous majority. The percentage of people opposed to same-sex marriage is even bigger when you start talking about the rest of the country, approaching 70%.
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Guest worker program invites amnesty seekers
By Editor02/24/2004
His critics certainly saw it. For an immigration plan that attempts to deal with the very real aspect of illegal immigration, the plan has already failed. President Bush's new immigration proposal, which would open to illegal immigrants jobs which they already do, does not grant amnesty. But tell that to the illegal immigrants now crossing the U.S.-Mexico border in record numbers.
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Environmentalists Sue EPA Over Weedkiller
By Mike Pechar02/23/2004
Acting almost ritualistic, an environmental group is using a we-can't-afford-to-wait legal argument to sue the Environmental Protection Agency over use of the weedkiller atrazine. The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) sued the EPA last August because a judge ruled in the previous January that atrazine was flowing into streams in Washington state and harming salmon. Therefore, the government was ruled to have violated the Endangered Species Act and the judge ordered cutbacks on the use of atrazine near salmon-bearing rivers and streams.
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The Libertarian Vote
By Amy Phillips02/23/2004
Mark Schmitt says that Ralph Nader will flop in this election, but that this may be the perfect year for a Libertarian Party candidate to make a good showing:
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The Real Nader Threat
By Michael Hussey02/22/2004
Ralph Nader is a dangerous man. Indeed, he is a threat to the Republican-Democrat hegemony, but the real danger he poses exists because of his willingness to exploit the frustration people have with their ineffective government, all in order to push an even more dangerous regime upon us. While he properly identifies the natural results of an over bloated state apparatus, he assumes a tone of moral superiority while preaching that the answer to these problems is more government – though you will never hear him call his solution by its real name: socialism.
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Can Nader Defeat Bush?
By Edward E.J. Davis02/22/2004
Ralph Nader has announced that he is running yet again for President this year. And any reason he might have of running for President is going to be completely swallowed up by the anger and speculation of whether it was his campaign that elected Bush back in 2000.
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Canada Denies Asylum to Defector
By Mike Pechar02/21/2004
The story of Song Dae Ri is somewhat disturbing. Mr. Ri was a North Korean trade official working in their Beijing embassy in 2001 when he defected to Canada with his wife and young son. Since then, his wife was lured back to North Korea and executed for treason, his son was granted asylum, and Mr. Ri has been branded as a war criminal not entitled to Canada's protection. However,
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Edwards vs. Kerry on the Issues
By Mike Thomas02/20/2004
The New York Times has a summarization of where Kerry and Edwards stand on the “issues.”
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Bush breaks Judicial Filibuster
By Stephen Macklin02/20/2004
Taking action that Senate Democrats would not, and Senate Republicans lacked the strength to force, President Bush has made a recess appointment of Alabama Attorney General William Pryor to the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
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Scientific Distortion: Bush's credibility gap
By Mike Thomas02/19/2004
One of the most disturbing things about the Bush administration is its tendency to ignore or dismiss information when it does not conform to their preconceived notions of how things should be.
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Can Edwards Rebound for Real?
By Edward E.J. Davis02/18/2004
With Howard Dean out of the race, we now have a true 2-man race for the Democratic nomination. While Wisconsin proves that Kerry is still the legitimate front-runner, the come from behind boost to John Edwards proves that Kerry doesn't quite have the nomination wrapped up.
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Dean calls it quits
By Editor02/18/2004
After a series of disappointing losses in the Democratic primaries, presidential candidate Howard Dean has finally bowed out. I wish I could say that his leave was graceful--it was anything but.
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On liberal professors
By Darren Copeland02/17/2004
The debate about David Horowitz's Academic Bill of Rights is the discussion du jour on campuses nationwide.
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Health care - overhead and out of control
By Andante02/17/2004
Ever been in a hospital billing office?
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Catching a Whiff of the John Kerry Buzz
By Edward E.J. Davis02/16/2004
It's been a couple of weeks since I last made my impassioned plea for the Democrats to drop John Kerry and pick another nominee.
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Fake Kerry photo
By Editor02/15/2004
The Internet has been buzzing over a recent photo showing presidential candidate John Kerry sitting next to the infamous anti-Vietnam War protester Jane Fonda while giving a speech.
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Drudge, the Kerry affair, and a scoop
By Editor02/14/2004
Late last week Internet news guru Matt Drudge dropped a bomb. Much like he broke the Monica Lewinsky story in 1998, he once again scooped the mainstream media with stories of Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry's infidelity.
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Jimmy Carter to the Rescue?
By Mike Pechar02/14/2004
The Discoshaman has introduced an idea that the Democrats may want to consider if John Kerry's peccadilloes become too much of a negative. What better candidate could there be than someone with experience at the job and a winner of the Nobel Prize? Jimmy Carter would be perfect.
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Marriage and the State Get a Divorce
By Michael Hussey02/13/2004
This entire gay marriage hubbub has me thinking. In modern civilization, the institution of family is unquestionably important for the health and happiness of every individual. Even if you disagree with gay marriage, you should be able to empathize with a gay person’s desire to have the same rights as a heterosexual couple. The issue is coming to a head, and whatever the outcome, I doubt there will be a revolutionary change in the way society at large operates. I am still interested in a positive outcome, which is why I decided to write this article.
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Ashcroft v. Reasonable Expectations of Privacy
By Tadlow Windsor II02/13/2004
I meant to get to this travesty yesterday but I had to go buy a violin.
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Gay Marriage is Inevitable
By Stephen Macklin02/12/2004
I haven't written anything about the whole gay marriage issue either here or at my personal blog, because basically, I don't care. But with everything that is going on in Massachusetts and San Francisco it is clear that this issue is not going to fade away. I am going to ignore for now the judicial hubris of the Massachusetts Supreme Court, and the extra legal activities of the San Francisco County Clerk. As wrong as their actions are, in the end that won't matter. In the end - however far in the future that is - gays will marry.
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Kerry Affair Bad News for Bush
By Darren Copeland02/12/2004
Unless your living in a hole....in a cave....on Mars....with your eyes closed, you've probably heard about the Kerry intern..um...affair. If this has legs, it could be Bush who's in real trouble.
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Job outsourcing good for America
By Michael Hussey02/12/2004
Meet the United States’ newest faux victim in its long line of faux victims – the American programmer and information technology employee. Ever since this month’s Wired Magazine placed an attractive Indian female on the cover along with the words “Kiss Your Cubicle Goodbye,” the idea that American high tech workers are facing desolation as more and more of their jobs are outsourced to Indian “IT Farms,” has been granted a degree of undeserved legitimacy. Expect to hear more and more about this as the year progresses and millions of more Indian workers and American businesses benefit from these cost saving initiatives.
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How to Help the Public Relations of Halliburton and Dick Cheney with One Ad
By Edward E.J. Davis02/11/2004
When I turned on MSNBC this evening to get my daily dose of spin, I noticed the Halliburton new ad (I usually do), which was simplistic in its approach, just the current CEO, seated on a stool, talking to the viewers. It was intimate, friendly.
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Clark quits presidential race
By Editor02/11/2004
Democratic presidential candidate Wesley Clark called it quits today after never really gaining the traction he expected. A retired General, many thought Clark would match up nicely with Bush in foreign affairs. But it was not meant to be.
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Dean waffles on quitting
By Editor02/10/2004
Howard Dean last week said that the Wisconsin primary was a make or break day for the Dean campaign and ultimately his candidacy.
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Will the Dems Apologize to Bush?
By Stephen Macklin02/10/2004
The Associated Press is reporting that the White House will release today
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Top 10 Bush AWOL responses
By Mike Thomas02/09/2004
Top 10 responses by Bush apologists to the AWOL charge:
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Defining Away Economic Failure
By Amy Phillips02/09/2004
How the government manufactures low inflation
MSN's Bill Fleckenstein has discovered a great way for consumers to save money on all kinds of products and services. Moreover, using this trick will also make you richer and improve your economic outlook for the future. The answer: hedonics.
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Then and Now...Some Consistancy Please
By Darren Copeland02/09/2004
Looking back on history is always a good thing. Not only is it interesting, but very informative as well. But is it always relevant? Well that depends on who you talk to, but I know this. You can't cite history in one breath and ignore history in the next. And there's a whole lot of that going on now.
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Q&E with Tim Russert
By Tadlow Windsor II02/09/2004
Here is the first exchange from Sunday's Meet the Press interview with President Bush:
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Begin Massachusetts countdown
By I.J. Reilly02/09/2004
As we saw in Vermont and Hawaii, the pattern for those trying to redefine marriage has been top-down. Their people in power -- be they judges, governors, or other officials -- maneuver to claim that equality requires sodomy to be put on par with normal people and then issue their fiat. This is of necessity because the overwhelming majority of people still think that marriage is between one man and one woman. In Hawaii, there was an amendment to the state constitution. In Vermont, the legislature created "civil unions" and then were stunned to find themselves voted out of office at the next elections.
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Profiles in Lack Of Courage
By Stephen Macklin02/08/2004
John Kerry continues to display a lack of courage when it comes to the issue of President Bush's National Guard service record. Rather than just forthrightly stating an accusation, Kerry continues to bring up allegations made by others.
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Governor Wants Illegals to Have "Certificates" to Drive
By Mike Pechar02/07/2004
On Thursday, Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen introduced legislation to allow illegal aliens to receive driving "certificates" instead of driving licenses. With a "certificate" in their possession, illegals will be able to drive legally in the state of Tennessee.
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Don't ask, don't misbehave
By Andante02/07/2004
The Secretary of Defense has properly ordered a review of sexual assaults alleged to have committed against female soldiers in Iraq and Kuwait.
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A Sinking Feeling for George Bush
By Edward E.J. Davis02/07/2004
If I were to categorize voters in a general election, I'd put them into four categories -Informed voters against Bush, informed voters for Bush, voters who absolutely do not care one way or another until the day of the election, and voters who do not take an active interest in politics or current events, but tend to have their own opinions shaped by osmosis.
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Bush economy adds jobs
By Editor02/07/2004
Not since October 2001 has unemployment been so low. Then, it was 5.4 percent. Now, the jobless rate sits at 5.6 percent, and it's falling.
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Is Bush an Idiot?
By Tadlow Windsor II02/07/2004
Jack Balkin argues quite to the contrary:
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Bush's National Guard service
By Mike Thomas02/06/2004
President Bush still has a lot of explaining to do concerning his National Guard service 30-plus years ago. The charge that he was AWOL (absent without leave) is technically incorrect in that there is no evidence he was ever charged with such an offense and the fact that he eventually received an honorable discharge from the service would be inconsistent with someone guilty of that crime.
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Kerry vs Kerry
By Stephen Macklin02/06/2004
Since I don't believe in starting small for my first post here I thought I would tackle Dustin Frelich's question, "Can nothing stop the Kerry train?" I think there is probably only one person in the Democrat party who stop John Kerry. John Kerry.
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Kerry the strongest candidate
By Editor02/05/2004
Can nothing stop the Kerry train?
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Privacy Law Prevents Gun Background Checks
By Mike Pechar02/05/2004
Under the concealed-carry gun law signed by Gov. Taft, people who have been committed to mental-health facilities are to be denied permits. However, sheriff's department investigators are only able to determine if a person has been committed to a facility when it was done in accordance with a court order. There is no way to determine the number or names of those committed by a family member or guardian due to the privacy provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). As federal law, all hospitals, clinics and other health-care providers are prohibited by HIPAA from releasing patient medical records.
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Sen. Grassley: bin Laden captured by Nov.
By Editor02/04/2004
Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley has some news. Well, not really news, but a prediction. Believe it or not, he predicts that Osama bin Laden will be caught in time for the upcoming presidential election.
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Kerry or Bush? A Note to Veterans
By Darren Copeland02/04/2004
I have been following all this "Bush is a deserter" nonsense in the news and I think it's time to, yet again, set the record straight. I don't mean the stories CNN, ABC, et al have found to be false regarding the Bush desertion/AWOL. I am talking about the fallacy that all Vietnam Vets sould detest the President and adore Kerry.
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Stop This Kerry Train
By Edward E.J. Davis02/03/2004
I make this impassioned plea under the influence of a rather strange and apparently drunken rant by Wil Saletan, who penned this after Al Gore gave his endorsement to Howard Dean.
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CIA only partly to blame
By Mike Thomas02/02/2004
The Bush administration is trying desperately to pass the buck for the failure to find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq onto the analysts at the CIA.
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A Hearty Thank You to CBS
By Darren Copeland02/02/2004
It seems to me that CBS is having a rough stretch these days. If it's not "The Reagans" debacle, it's Janet Jackson and breast-gate. Mr. Moonves needs an extra roll of Rolaids.
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Kerry's money from special interests
By Editor02/02/2004
With one more day to go before primaries in seven states, presidential candidate John Kerry is all set to fight against Washington interests to claim the Democratic nomination. There's just one problem: Kerry would need to toss himself out were he to get the nod.
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