Category Politics

Humor By Omission

This article contains a rather funny quote, as noted in today’s Best of the Web: The Accidental Governor “Governor Rod Blagojevich [Friday] filed an emergency rule with the Illinois Secretary of State’s office requiring birth control prescriptions be filled without…

Meeting Adversity With A Quiet Dignity And Grace

Bill Kristol demonstrated how best to win an “argument” with an opponent: don’t let anything ruffle you or break your resolve. The meat of the story: RICHMOND, Ind. — A pie in the face didn’t silence conservative pundit William Kristol…

Online Intimidation

A few stories have cropped up over the past week that cause me to worry quite a bit about free speech protections on-line. First up is the silencing of GayPatriot by a gay activist convinced that if you’re gay, Republican’s…

Presumtion Of Life

According to several stories I’ve heard on the radio recently, in the wake of the Terri Schiavo case, requests to hospitals and government agencies for “boilerplate” living wills have gone up by at least an order of magnitude. My wife…

They’re Baaaaaack!

Remember the burkha-clad Iranian policewomen? LGF has a video of the graduation ceremonies, courtesy of MEMRI TV. It features such memorable moments as: A group kung fu demonstration. Cadets rappelling down the side of a building. Cadets leaning out of…

Shameless Self-Promotion

If you were listening to the Rush Limbaugh Program around 2:40 pm EST today and heard “Doug in Philadelphia” discussing John Street’s idiotic gun control idea – that was me. [/Bragging]