Learning from Reagan: not that America is “conservative” but
that effective candidates connect rather than poll-reflect.
Billionaire New York Mayor Bloomberg
has left the Republican Party. The possibility of
a billionaire independent candidate for Prez.
The attempt to craft a new migration policy regime
has failed. About
that. Looking at
the blog campaign against the immigration bill. Quoting
an earlier version of that post wondering who paid for the attack ads. Responding
one,
two and
three.
Michael Moore’s latest doco
isn’t really.
The prosecutor in the Duke lacrosse team (false) rape case
has been disbarred.
An American college which was a notorious island of oppression in a sea of freedom
is closing.
A case about student free speech and school authority goes all the way to the Supreme Court,
who come to a 5-4 decision based on an amazingly diverse set of perspectives. Justice Thomas’ position-that schools are in loco parentis and so students don’t have (as courts held for the first 150 years of the operation of the US Constitution) free speech rights within the area of school authority-makes sense to me.
About
busing and diversity.
A founder of an anti-gun group
is up on major weapons violations charges.
Charting VP Cheney’s
extraordinary role in the Administration.