Heading for history’s dustbin? Let’s hope so. Fortunately, all that we need to end them is for Congress to do nothing. Though it would be nice to get rid of the mandates, too. Let the market decide.
Category Archives: Political Commentary
Young Earth Creationists In Kentucky
…are mocked. At Free Republic.
Living Dangerously
Is Wikileaks going after Russia? If so, it may be the last act of the organization (and Assange). Even threatening to do so could be.
Why The Obama Plan Is Good For NASA
Scientific American weighs in. I wish they wouldn’t call it the “Obama plan.”
Keynesian Economics Is Wrong
Let’s You And Him Fight
Thoughts on the collectivists’ attempts to split the Tea Party. Count me as an agnostic libertarian who has no problem with evangelical Christians, or church charity.
The Repeal Amendment
More thoughts. I, too, am mystified by the commenter who wants to grant tenure to all existing federal laws. To me, one of the benefits of the amendment would be in its potential to clean up the existing code.
The Beginning Of Justice
Corey Maye has been granted the right to a new trial. In a just world, Radley Balko would get a Pulitzer for this.
Dana Milbank
Cantor, Bishop and the other supporters of the amendment believe they are rebalancing the Constitution in a way the Framers would like. But it’s strange that the lawmakers would show their reverence for the Founding Fathers by redrafting their work.
Hey, Dana. The Founders put an amendment process into the Constitution for a reason. Though I suspect that one reason that hadn’t occurred to them would be that people like you would decide that it was a “living document,” subject to perverse interpretation that would eviscerate it of their original intent.
[Afternoon update]
More thoughts on Milbank’s ignorance, from La Althouse.
Human Dignity
Why the Tea Party resonates with the American people.