The Height of Disingenuity
As some of you know, Sen. Grassley has put forth an amendment to prevent a proposed panel on criminal justice reform from engaging in any discussion regarding the propriety of decriminalization or legalization of...
Daily Archive: November 24, 2009
A Reminder
For our Canadian readers, please do read Scott’s follow-up post this morning on the Afghan detainee transfer scandal. If you’re so inclined, you can sign (and/or link, if you’re a blogger yourself) Scott’s petition...
Glenn Beck – hero or villain?
Conor thinks it’s a good sign that “prudent conservatives and libertarians are growing uncomfortable with Mr. Beck’s rhetoric.” I agree, but for entirely different reasons.
One green to rule them all…
I have been pondering the issue of global warming lately. I generally take a cautious position when it comes to climate change. I am first of all uncertain as to what portion of climate...
Jumping To Conclusions
Thanks to Jaybird, who pointed out this story. After all the speculation that the death of a census worker was fueled by anti-government extremism
Can’t we all just get along?
A nice vignette from the Grizzlies-Kings game (via): Grizzlies center Hamed Haddadi , the first NBA player from Iran, and Omri Casspi, the first Israeli player in the league, met at midcourt and shook...
Good thing we freed him
Ross Douthat has a smart post on why we shouldn’t opportunistically try terror suspects in civilian courts.
Andy McCarthy, just askin’ questions
Seriously, National Review. This is getting embarrassing: I didn’t suggest that Bill Ayers is the author of one of Barack Obama’s biographies — I reported that someone else had made the suggestion and had...
Fiscal Responsibility, part II
I don’t understand how Conor can say this with a straight face: You’d think after rightly complaining about the Bush Administration’s unprecedented irresponsibility for eight years, leading Democrats would understand that we’re trapped in...
