Poll on illegals: what America wants…
…is not the same as what Obama wants. But Obama couldn’t care less. [NOTE: I’ve written at length about the law concerning so-called “anchor babies.”]
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Was Hillary Clinton selling political favors?
Well, well, well: Unless of course the timing was purely coincidental, IBT’s report indicates the Clinton Foundation accepted money from a Colombian oil company while Clinton was serving as Secretary of State. After procuring the donation, Secretary Clinton then decided … Continue reading →
Clarification: the rule on shooting fleeing felons
Commenter “cantinflas” asks a question: I’m not going to defend this cop shooting 8(?) times at a guy’s back, but what is the precedent you’re trying to set here, Neo? Are you claiming that if you’re not an “extremely dangerous … Continue reading →
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev guilty on all counts
Guilty on all thirty counts, seventeen of which carry a possible death penalty. This is no surprise whatsoever. The penalty phase, in which the defense will try to make the case that he was under the influence of his evil … Continue reading →
Shot in the back
A white North Charleston police officer was arrested on a murder charge after a video surfaced Tuesday of the lawman shooting eight times at a 50-year-old black man as the man ran away. Walter L. Scott, a Coast Guard veteran … Continue reading →
You learn something new every day
Sometimes several things, actually. For instance, I’ve learned quite a bit already today from this article. Let’s see if I can summarize: (1) The Hill has taken to calling unaccompanied children who have arrived in this country illegally “unaccompanied immigrant … Continue reading →
Atlanta cheating scandal perpetrators sentenced
I wrote about the Atlanta school cheating scandal several times (see the first three entries after this one on this list). It’s a shocking tale of widescale corruption within the public education system of the city, plus an attempted coverup: … Continue reading →
Twin announcements by the DOJ: protecting the administration’s friends, destroying its enemies
Why, isn’t this what a nice Orwellian Department of Justice ought to be doing? Protecting Obama’s friends: The Justice Department will not seek criminal contempt charges against former IRS official Lois Lerner, the central figure in a scandal that erupted … Continue reading →
The libertarian approach to Indiana’s religious freedom law
This is a good article on the subject, which pretty much summarizes my opinion, which is the basic “moderate libertarian” (is that an oxymoron?) point of view. It doesn’t really deal with the issue I see as vital, however, which … Continue reading →
They’re in a hurry to indict Menendez
Expect an indictment as early as Wednesday: The FBI and the Justice Department have been investigating Menendez’s ties to Dr. Salomon Melgen, a close friend and financial backer of the New Jersey senator, for months. It’s not clear exactly what … Continue reading →
About Indiana’s religious freedom law…
…and the firestorm around it— The topic makes me weary, weary, weary, to see that everything that we predicted is coming to pass. What began as a simple “gay people ought to be able to get married” morphed seamlessly into … Continue reading →
Hillary must have figured…
…it worked so well for Lois Lerner, it will work for me. And perhaps it will. Seems to me, though that it’s a potential felony: While it is not clear precisely when Secretary Clinton decided to permanently delete all emails … Continue reading →