[NOTE: If you don’t know what the Milgram experiment was, please see this.] Well, I guess it had to happen. The Milgram experiments repeat themselves, the first time as tragedy and later as farce. And is it any surprise that, … Continue reading →
Many have questioned whether the Slaughter solution, if used, would stand the test of constitutionality. Although no one knows, here’s a post at Volokh about a possibly relevant case, Public Citizen v United States District Court for the District of … Continue reading →
I have believed for quite some time that the Democrats will stop at nothing to pass HCR. They will do whatever it takes, even if they have to trash the entire Constitution to accomplish it. The stakes are that high … Continue reading →
Here’s an article presenting an interesting viewpoint on how the sweetheart deals that made it possible to pass HCR in the first place have made it more difficult to pass it now. But not, of course, impossible. More deals are … Continue reading →
Meanwhile, is anyone at all surprised by this? Indeed, as the Obama Doctrine marches on: Our enemies get courted; our friends get the squeeze. It has happened to Poland, the Czech Republic, Honduras and Colombia. Now it’s Israel’s turn.
Continue reading →Remember Lynne Stewart? She was the defense attorney convicted of helping her terrorist client Abdel Rahman send messages to his supporters. Stewart acted in violation of an agreement that “she would not “use…meetings, correspondence, or phone calls with Abdel Rahman … Continue reading →
As controversial sextuplet mother (her sextuplets are not controversial; the mother is) Kate Gosselin and most recent Bachelor Jake Pavelka graduate from their respective shows to appearances on the newest “Dancing With the Stars,” (are you still with me, guys … Continue reading →
Ah, the subtle nuanced thought processes of the liberal intelligentsia, as exemplified by Jonathan Cohn, senior editor at The New Republic and its resident social welfare policy and health care expert. Cohn sees discussion of the legal issues raised by … Continue reading →
…that if the Slaughter solution is used, members of the House will be able to outdo John Kerry in ludicrousness. Remember when Kerry famously said, “I actually did vote for the $87 billion, before I voted against it”? Well, now … Continue reading →
Things have certainly been heating up in the health care reform battle. And they’ve also been heating up a bit in the comments section of this blog, in several debates having to do with the question of what President Obama … Continue reading →
I seem to have stumbled on the phenomenon of literal videos relatively late in the game. A bunch of them went viral at You Tube last spring, and somehow I missed them. But if you, like me, weren’t familiar with … Continue reading →
I wrote earlier that I didn’t know whether the Slaughter solution would hold up, and I still don’t know. Will it bring reluctant Dems in the House on board? Does Pelosi have the cojones to go through with it? And … Continue reading →