Justice Souter to Retire

So Souter makes two. While the retirement of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg–who, at 76 years of age, was recently diagnosed with cancer–is inevitable, it looks like President Barack Obama’s first vacancy will come from the seat now occupied by Justice David Souter, the George H. W. Bush appointment who, upon reaching the bench [...]

Swine Flu: Crisis, or Conspiracy?

Biden’s office mentioned that Joe was merely talking, specifically, about travel to and from Mexico. If that was true, why did he mention the subway? By Ian R. ThorpeAmerica’s Right The world seems to get more insane every day. Mainstream media in developed nations have in the past few days become frantic in their efforts [...]

Fighting the Democrats’ Agenda-Setting Media Allies, 100 Days at a Time

Assigned Reading: Rep. Lamar Smith: 100 Days of Media Double Standards(FROM: Politico) Any attempt at summarizing media bias, whether over the first 100 days of Barack Obama’s presidency or during the 2008 presidential election, is an extremely ambitious task and, frankly, is beyond my pay grade. Texas Congressman Lamar Smith does a nice job here, [...]

GOP, Rolling Up the Sleeves

Assigned Reading: Are Republicans Finally Uniting?(FROM: Redstate) This is encouraging, and I like that Republicans and conservatives aren’t waiting for Michael Steele and the RNC to take the reins and ready the GOP for a trench fight. Yes, I’m a little wary of Arizona Sen. John McCain being included among the Republicans involved, but Bobby [...]

How Telling

Assigned Reading: FACT CHECK: Obama Job, Deficit Claims Are Iffy(FROM: Associated Press) So, I first read this article on the Fox News Web site. That link is HERE, while the link above is to the same wire service article in the Washington Post. There are actually two reasons I wanted to include this piece here [...]

And the Problem Is … ?

Assigned Reading: Analysts Dispute Charge by Specter of GOP Moving Rightward (FROM: Fox News) They say it as though it’s a bad thing. Not only that turncoat Republican-turned-typical Democrat Arlen Specter, but Michael Steele and Michael Barone as well. For crying out loud, at a time when we are watching our government grow exponentially and [...]

Budget Bill Passes House

A quick round-up, as I’ve got an exam in four hours: Earlier today, a bill setting forth the congressional budget for 2010 and budgetary levels for 2001 through 2014 passed the House with no Republican support. The vote was 233 to 193, with 17 Democrats cutting against the grain. Those Democrats: John Barrow (GA-12) Dan [...]

Notes: The Fed, Hillary, Emissions, and the Chosen One’s First Hundred Days

By Ronald Glenn America’s Right I asked an associate of mine what he thought of President Obama’s first 100 days and he replied, “Who said communism was all bad?” In summary, the ensuing discussion revealed the following — communism got a bad reputation, you know, because the wrong people tried to make it work. It [...]

Ulterior Motives?

Less than ten days ago, Specter seemed intent on remaining a Republican, facing Toomey for re-election Something is up. Something is definitely up. Yesterday evening, as I was driving along Market Street on my way home from work, I spotted former congressman and current Pennsylvania senatorial candidate Pat Toomey giving an interview on the sidewalk [...]

From Turncoat Republican to Typical Democrat: The Unprincipled Story of Sen. Arlen Specter

Good riddance. Am I the only one not surprised by Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter’s so-called “sudden” switch from the Republican to Democratic Party? Just as it doesn’t take a perceptional samurai to determine that fitness guru Richard Simmons isn’t too fond of the ladies, it shouldn’t take a political genius to reach the conclusion that [...]

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