May 22, 2012
Stop the Speed Traps!
Congress, especially when Republicans run it, has a way to injecting itself into the internal affairs of the Washington DC government. For those who don’t know, the residents of our nation’s capitol have a peculiar relationship with the...
May 21, 2012
Protest In Chicago
I wonder what Bill Ayers was doing this weekend. I was a little younger than my son (who is 6) in 1968 when the Democratic Convention came to Chicago. My Uncle served in the National Guard at the...
May 18, 2012
Facebook Follies
Today, the inventors of Facebook finally get rich. According to the New York Times: “The social network priced at the top end of the range it set earlier this week, when it said it would price its IPO...
May 17, 2012
The Persons Of Color Coalition
When the Irish first emigrated from Ireland to America, they were likened to baboons and other nefarious creatures by nativists from the No-nothing party. Signs on storefronts were fairly common in the Northeast: “No Irish Need Apply.” After...
May 16, 2012
Celebrity Trials
Perhaps the first big celebrity trial that I remember was O.J. Simpson’s. Talk about a big deal. It combined the glamour of Hollywood and NFL, it had huge legal stars like Johnny Cochran and Robert Shapiro, and it...
May 15, 2012
Lameggedon
If policy-makers truly cared about the national deficit, they would do nothing for the next year. They would allow the Bush tax cuts to expire. They would allow all of the tax extenders to run out. They would allow...