So, it has been awhile since I weighed in on many political issues, it seems that, as is the case, my political hot period was my college years. But I suppose that this is as much an historical as political issue.

District of Columbia, et. al. v. Dick Anthony Heller is in the final stages of the United States Supreme Court appeals process. For ( Read more... )

Well, I guess that it is okay to to slip up in a speech occasionally because everybody's favorite black, though inexperienced, presidential candidate is apparently fallible too.

Obama Overstates Kansas Tornado Deaths
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Barack Obama, caught up in the fervor of a campaign speech Tuesday, drastically overstated the Kansas tornadoes ( Read more... )

These were really too much to pass up...

Cold, rain cuts short global warming rally
More than two dozen demonstrators braved cold, wet weather Saturday in Reno to attend a rally designed to draw attention to global warming ( Read more... )

I certainly hope that this doesn't get out of hand. A lot of people think that I am a jingoist and a warmonger... but I'm not. I just believe that once you are in a war you can win simply running away because it is hard is a dumb idea ( Read more... )

Excellent news, this is the federal capital, if there is one place where civil rights should most be respected it is there...

D.C.'s Ban On Handguns In Homes Is Thrown Out

A federal appeals court ruled yesterday that the District's longtime ban on keeping handguns in homes is unconstitutional ( Read more... )

... But if you replace all the references to the Soviet Union with references to your favorite flavor of militant islam, it is all still just as true. As they say, the more things change, the more they stay the same.

Now here's a fun little ditty...

Al Gore's 'Inconvenient Truth'? -- $30,000 utility bill

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Last night I posted about Speaker Pelosi and her misconceptions about Congressional authority.... Here's an expert's opinion about it...

What Congress Can (And Can't) Do on Iraq
By David B. Rivkin Jr. and Lee A. Casey

Congress cannot use its power of the purse to micromanage the president's execution of his office. Indeed, although the ( Read more... )

... I'm not even a law student yet and I know what's wrong with this one...

Pelosi warns Bush shouldn't 'abuse power' on troop escalation
(01-15) 12:37 PST SAN FRANCISCO -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, returning to her hometown of San Francisco, strongly warned today that President Bush "should not abuse his power" with regard to troop escalation ( Read more... )

This story is surprising, and infuriating... On the one hand it is surprising that a New York newspaper would run it, albeit as an editorial.

And it is infuriating that it would actually happen.... The Speaker Pelosi may have promised that this congres would be "he most honest, the most open and the most ethical Congress in history", but she's ( Read more... )