Or not. With only four weeks until Chicago’s mayoral election, and with former Team BO chief of staff Rahm Emanuel holding a big lead in most polls, an appellate court panel ruled today that Emanuel’s name should be yanked from the ballot because he did not meet the residency standard to run for mayor. The […]
I really wish that somebody had explained to me earlier in life that it’s just plain stupid to actually work for money, when you apparently can just create it out of thin air. This from Forbes: The giant US banks have been bailed out again from huge potential writeoffs by loosey-goosey accounting accepted by the […]
As of this month, Roe v. Wade, making abortion a constitutional right, is 38 years old and still standing. No state may enact a criminal law protecting unborn children from death through abortion without having it swatted down by federal judges under the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1973 mandate. On the other hand, the idea and […]
I’m almost reluctant to post this one, fearing, of course, that it could inspire somebody from local government to go on a social justice jag and conclude that to be world class inclusive demands Charlotte-Mecklenburg follow suite. This from FoxNews.com: “Is Berkeley Ready to Pay for Sex-Change Operations?” Apparently, it’s not a rhetorical question and […]
You know how hard it is to keep up with all those passwords to all of those Internet sites you visit? You know it’s a pain. You can’t remember all of them. In fact, I keep a cheat-sheet in a book next to my computer where I’ve written them all down, in case my “remember […]
The drug wars in Mexico continue to claim lives at an alarming rate, with hundreds of slayings taking place within a stone’s throw of US border states. How vicious and widespread has the mayhem become? A recent data dump from the Mexican government paints a stark picture, as detailed here by The Guardian UK. The […]
Considering Washington’s modus operandi, anything that happens in the District warrants a grain of salt. In the last 10 years Republicans spent money and expanded federal power in ways that would’ve made previous Democrat leaders green with envy. Their profligacy allowed Democrats to paint the GOP as a party of big spenders, helping Democrats to […]
You might have missed this buried in all the talk about a call to returned civility in political discourse, but apparently the country’s going broke, has this little debt problem, and its Triple-A credit rating is in jeopardy – again – of being downgraded. This from The WSJ: Moody’s Investors Service said in a report […]
With the new Republican-controlled House in power, media pundits and beltway aficionados have begun rumblings over the prospects of congressional hearings that may begin as early as next month. And fresh off of his mid-term reelection, Congressman Darryl Issa (R-CA) has forged ahead on plans to issue a string of investigations into the Wikileaks scandal, […]
The last few days have provided an interesting look into the mindset of many Americans. Start with the shooting of Arizona Congresswoman Gabby Giffords, which also resulted in the murder of six people. The charges and accusations over what caused the tragedy have flown hot and heavy, and what has been a rather conspicuous casualty […]
