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Miers & Religion
The hubby came across this one in Newsweek and got a chuckle out of it, so he shared it with me. I came across it online and now sharing it with you. Technorati Tags: bush, courts, current events,...
View ArticleMiers Yoinked
Miers withdraws. And just in time to perhaps divert media attention away from the indictments expected to come down any day now. President Bush on Thursday accepted the withdrawal of Supreme Court...
View ArticleNuclear Deal Done?
I know it’s unusual for a blogger, but I haven’t jumped into the discussion about Alito for a couple of reasons. One, I want to see what else there is to find out about him, as stuff is surely bound...
View ArticleWhat is “Pro-Wife Extremism”?
After Republican take-over in 94/95, I thought conservatives couldn’t get much crazier. One of the things I remember from those days is the mixture of astonishment and revulsion I felt as I the...
View ArticleEw. Grit.
Will America never get over its obsession with the swaggering cowboy archtype? Will we never stop romanticizing “rough edges” and waxing rhapsodic about the greatness of “grit”? This latest article...
View ArticleNever Believe Them. Ever.
The Supreme Court upheld Oregon’s assisted suicide law today, and the issue will most likely be all over the news for the next day or so. What probably won’t get much mention is the lesson that the...
View ArticleWanted: An Opposition Party
In repose to a previous post, commenter Steve writes: I wouldn’t like it either if I were in your shoes. But the answer isn’t to nitpick every little thing along the way. The answer is to come up...
View ArticleWyden Wises Up
File this under “once bitten, twice shy.” After being burned once by supporting a Bush nominee to the Supreme Court — namely, John Roberts and his vote to overturn Oregon’s physician assisted suicide...
View ArticleNobody’s Got Our Back
You may have noticed over the last few days that I failed to hop on the “filibuster Alito” bandwagon this weekend. Oh, I’ve blogged about his nomination, etc. But in the past week or so, the moderate...
View ArticleSupremes Sidestep Gay Families
Did they dodge a bullet or did we? I’m not sure, but I’m a bit relieved when the Supreme Court refuses to rule on a gay adoptions case, thus letting stand a ruling that came down in our favor. In a...
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