Archive for the ‘Current Events’ Category
Conyers' "Constitution in Crisis"
I don't know when I'll get around to reading this report, but I want to note its release: Today, I am releasing the final version of my report, the "Constitution in Crisis." The report, which is some 350 pages in length and is supported by more than 1,400 footnotes, compiles the accumulated evidence that the […]
The Nose on Her Face
Blast it all! Avedon Carol said it before I got around to it: I am so sick of hearing some "liberal" Senator telling us that something that was as plain as the nose on my face (and mine of all noses!) is just becoming clear, now that it's too late. Like Ted Kennedy, explaining away […]
In: All, Current Events, Splenetics
A Few Runs Don't Win the Game
Last week Washington's Supreme Court ruled that its state's ban on same-sex marriage did not violate its state's constitution.* Similarly, the New York appeals court found a little while back that marriage should be reserved especially for heterosexuals, to protect children and our species. Dan Savage, in an op-ed in the NY Times,# wrote A […]
In: All, Common-Place Book, Current Events
NPR Poll: Upsets Ahead?
On NPR this morning, Mara Liasson reported on a "Morning Edition" poll "…done in the 50 competitive House races where, in fact, control of the House of Representatives will be decided." Forty (i.e., 80%) of the seats in those districts are currently held by Republicans. In 2004 these districts voted Republican by a 12-point margin; […]