I know I keep harping on Obama’s reaction to Zelaya and Honduras, even though for most people it’s small potatoes compared to some of the other issues facing us, such as health care “reform.” But Honduras matters deeply to me—perhaps … Continue reading →
Gatesgate has reminded us that one of the things that “everybody” knows is not to give cops a lot of lip. This is information that most people learn by their late teens or early twenties, be they black or white, … Continue reading →
Maybe President Obama can find a moment in his busy day to take a look at this WSJ piece, wherein new Honduran president Roberto Micheletti gives the former constitutional law lecturer a Con Law lesson. Read the whole thing; it’s … Continue reading →
Now we hear that Obama is going to get Gates and Crowley together for a White House chat. It’s an opportunity for a nice teaching moment about racial profiling, too, with Gates saying that “…he hoped his arrest by Crowley … Continue reading →
The fate of Zeleya and Honduras has dropped off the radar screen for the moment, but on Saturday Fausta filled us in on the most recent developments. The summary version: the UN, which is now mostly a vehicle to promote … Continue reading →
There seems to be no point, since her nomination is a done deal and the hearings a formality. Also, I’ve written about the issues connected with her nomination several times before (see this). But I thought you might appreciate a … Continue reading →
Remember Gerald Walpin? The man the White House fired as AmeriCorps Inspector General when he had the audacity to investigate Sacramento Mayor (and Obama supporter) Kevin Johnson for his alleged mismanagement of AmeriCorps funds? The one whose firing the White … Continue reading →
I usually write about injustices on the macro level, but there are smaller ones as well: injustices to a single person. Hardly small, though, if you’re that person, or that person’s family. And abuses within the justice system itself—whether by … Continue reading →
And here it is. Too little, too late? Why the big delay? And, as many point out (see, for instance, the comments section here), if she’s so distraught over the victims’ loss, why keep the 2.5 million she’s fought for? … Continue reading →
The Supreme Court reverses the decision of the Sotomayor court on the New Haven firefighters. I doubt this will make a difference in the Sotomayor nomination, but I think it’s the correct decision. And, as in so many of this … Continue reading →
There are two interesting developments in the Walpin case. The first is that a possible obstruction of justice charge is being investigated by the FBI—against Johnson, the Sacramento mayor whom IG Walpin implicated in misuse of AmeriCorps funds. There’s a … Continue reading →
The Walpin firing should be a big big story: heavy-handed executive overreach by the President in order to protect a political supporter from charges against him. Right now it’s not. The NY Times? So far it’s offering the sound of … Continue reading →