Month: August 2010

What some people miss when they’re bemoaning the new tendency of opposition parties to vote against Supreme Court nominees is that the Supreme Court has become another branch of Congress. What can’t be done in...

. See also the recent fp story by BooMan: Wanker of the Day: Dorothy Rabinowitz. Mayor Bloomberg’s Speech of Hope for New York, the U.S. and Religious Freedom Official website New York City – VIDEO Guests and...

What did law enforcement ever do before tasers arrived on the scene? Indeed, what did the police do in Chicago before the beginning of this year? Because the Chicago Police have not just doubled their use of tasers since earlier...

CNN’s idea of incisive reporting is to count how many times a week Obama mentions his predecessor’s name in public. Last week’s count? Two. The Republicans have so far refrained from offering any kind of...

We have a new member of the Supreme Court. Congratulations to Elena Kagan, the fourth woman to ever serve as Supreme Court Justice, and the second to be nominated by Barack Obama. The vote was 63-37, with Democrat Ben Nelson...