lois “liar” lerner – who oversaw the disgraceful withholding of tax exempt status from 501(c)4 – and 501(c)3 applicants with names suggesting they were critical of President Obama – is being hauled back to the House Oversight Committee. And it is about damn time. As you may recall, lerner was summoned to testify before the committee last year. At that time, she...
How do you deal with opposing points of view? Listen, consider and decide? Debate? Or just demand that they shut up so that yours is the only side heard? Here is the answer for some people…via Howard Kurtz\’s article at foxnews.com: Heating up: Climate change advocates try to silence Krauthammer Charles Krauthammer says it right up front in his...
Is this a country of laws anymore? Or is the law what Attorney General, eric holder unilaterally decides it is? Anyone who reads this blog knows how completely I am committed to equal rights regardless of sexual orientation. But it has to be within the law. And now, with same-sex marriage, as with so many other things, the Obama administration is ignoring the law and doing whatever...
Is this a country of laws anymore? Or is the law what Attorney General, eric holder unilaterally decides it is? Anyone who reads this blog knows how completely I am committed to equal rights regardless of sexual orientation. But it has to be within the law. And now, with same-sex marriage, as with so many other things, the Obama administration is ignoring the law and doing whatever...
Even a broken clock is right every now and then. Similarly, even the New York Times – whose editorial staff, in my judgment, is so often wrong, can get things right every now and then. Today\’s lead editorial on the Ukraine is a case in point. You can read it by clicking here. But I\’ll give you a taste below: The venal president of Ukraine is on the run and the...
Even a broken clock is right every now and then. Similarly, even the New York Times – whose editorial staff, in my judgment, is so often wrong, can get things right every now and then. Today\’s lead editorial on the Ukraine is a case in point. You can read it by clicking here. But I\’ll give you a taste below: The venal president of Ukraine is on the run and the...
Yesterday the Obama administration – through Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel – proposed that we reduce our military manpower to levels not seen since before World War II (at which time we had less than half the population we have now). In Hagel\’s words: “Weare repositioning to focus on the strategic challenges andopportunities that will define our future: new...
Arizona\’s state legislature passed a law, SB 1062 (read it by clicking here), which was supposed to provide an increased measure of freedom of religion for people whose faith precluded them from performing certain actions on behalf of people who, based on their faith, they could not perform those actions for. In simple terms, it was supposed to mean, for example, that if a gay couple...
In all the years I have read Thomas Sowell\’s columns, the worst one I ever saw was pretty good. Most are excellent and beyond. This one, titled The “Fairness” Fraud? It is one of his “beyond” efforts. Here is a taste of what Mr. Sowell has written…. Itseems as if, everywhere you turn these days, there are studiesclaiming to show...
I just watched the beginning of NBC – New York\’s local news show. One of its first stories was that New Jersey Governor Chris Christie\’s poll numbers had taken a major tumble (I don\’t recall the exact words being used, but it was meant to suggest that he had really gotten creamed). Then they showed the actual data. Christie\’s approval rating was...
Is Jordan a Palestinian Arab state? That\’s a pretty important question. Because if it is, then Palestinian Arabs who demand that they must have a homeland, already do. Jordan\’s King Abdullah does not think his country is a Palestinian Arab homeland – at least not publicly. Here is what he had to say about this subject just yesterday: “Jordanis Jordan...
Piers Morgan – depending on which account you read – has either been dropped by CNN, has decided to leave, or a mix of the two. Morgan, who replaced Larry King at the plum 9:00PM prime time spot three years ago because King – once CNN\’s highest-rated host – had been dropping viewers right and left (literally), was charged with...
In all the years I have read Thomas Sowell\’s columns, the worst one I ever saw was pretty good. Most are excellent and beyond. This one, titled The “Fairness” Fraud? It is one of his “beyond” efforts. Here is a taste of what Mr. Sowell has written…. Itseems as if, everywhere you turn these days, there are studiesclaiming to show...
Either the Ukrainian opposition was unbelievably lucky, or brilliantly tactical. The only thing that might have stood in the way of removing its pro-Russia (read that pro-USSR) President,Viktor Yanukovych, and replacing him with a more pro-west leader was the possible intervention of Vladimir Putin (I sometimes wonder if that name was shortened, by removing “Ras” from its...
Is Jordan a Palestinian Arab state? That\’s a pretty important question. Because if it is, then Palestinian Arabs who demand that they must have a homeland, already do. Jordan\’s King Abdullah does not think his country is a Palestinian Arab homeland – at least not publicly. Here is what he had to say about this subject just yesterday: “Jordanis Jordan...
