The sad article in the L.A. Times about our fading legacy in the Pacific brought many things to mind, especially for someone whose father fought in that theatre. From the time that FDR, with the usual British connaivance, decided to put the main emphasis on the European theatre, World War II in the Pacific has …
Sonia Sotomayor: The 100 Person Referendum on White People
It seems that the issue of Sonia Sotomayor's idea about the relation between her ethnicity, gender and life experiences and her decisions on the bench won't go away. Why? Because she keeps bringing it up: The federal appeals court judge divulged new details about her finances and provided three decades of writings, speeches and rulings …
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If Anyone Needs to Skip D-Day, It’s Obama
The Queen, participant though she was in the original festivities, is not amused at being left out of the D-Day commemoration: Indeed, she is decidedly displeased, angry even, that she was not invited to join President Obama and France’s president, Nicolas Sarkozy, next week at commemorations of the 65th anniversary of the D-Day landings in …
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Sonia Sotomayor: Obama’s Harriet Miers?
Some of Jeffrey Rosen's comments on Obama's first nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court make me think of that: I haven't read enough of Sotomayor's opinions to have a confident sense of them, nor have I talked to enough of Sotomayor's detractors and supporters, to get a fully balanced picture of her strengths. It's possible …
Bob Corker is a Great Presidential Candidate. Except…
Zach Wamp speaks of Tennessee's junior Senator in glowing terms: Rep. Zach Wamp told members of the Chattanooga Pachyderm Club on Monday that Sen. Bob Corker is gaining clout around the country as a potential presidential candidate. He noted that Sen. Corker was chosen to deliver Friday night's Silver Elephant Banquet speech at the convention …
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Filling the Coming Power Vacuum in Iraq
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki is already on the case: Many of its leaders, including prime ministers Ibrahim al-Jaafari and Maliki, were close to Iran, while Hakim had spent his long exile during the Saddam Hussein years in Tehran. By refusing to join the UIA, Maliki is sending a strong message to the Iraqi people, …
Robin Smith Resigns as Tennessee Republican State Party Chairman: Waiting for the Other Shoe to Drop
Got this in the email this morning: May 16, 2009 Dear Friends, Earlier today in a conference call with members of the State Executive Committee, I announced my intention to step down as Chairman of the Tennessee Republican Party effective May 30, 2009. As I turn the helm of our great party over to new …
Sam Ervin’s Speech on Ex Parte Milligan
In view of the back and forth on the Guantanamo detainees and the legal status of same, an interesting audio document is Sen. Sam Ervin's (D-NC, right) monlogue--and back and forth with Watergate witness John Erlichmann and his counsel--during the Watergate hearings. The monologue is about 30 minutes into the audio clip. The date was …
The Sad Lessons of Carrie Prejean
One of the sorrier sagas that has unfolded before us is the matter of Carrie Prejean's loss of the Miss USA crown because she didn't give a "correct" answer to Perez Hilton's question about gay marriage. Losing the crown wasn't enough, evidently; the abuse she's endured since then has been ferocious. Unfortunately she's compounded the …
Church and State: A Different View
The recent changes in the leadership (such as it is) composition in the U.S. give the Evangelical community an opportunity for a serious "reality check" in their idea regarding the relationship of Christianity with the state. So let's take a serious look at what the New Testament really says, instead of what everyone else says …
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