davidl on November 27th, 2011

Robert Reich continues to demonstrate that his blood never quite reaches his brain, from San Francisco Chronicle:

A funny thing happened to the First Amendment on its way to the public forum: It was hijacked.

According to the Supreme

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davidl on September 15th, 2010

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Liberal reads Constitution, can’t find First Amendment, from Lucy Madison, CBS News:

During an appearance on ABC’s Good Morning America this morning, Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer addressed the recent controversy over a Florida Pastor’s plan to hold

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Eric Florack on May 19th, 2010

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davidl on February 21st, 2010

George Will gets awfully close to the truth.   Anthropogenic global warming is a science.  It is a religion, from the Washington Post:

Last week, Todd Stern, America’s Special Envoy for Climate Change — yes, there is one; and people

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Eric Florack on October 23rd, 2009

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  • THE WHITE HOUSE AND THE PRESS: Let’s get down to this one, right off. Both David and myself have commented on

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Eric Florack on October 23rd, 2009

Doctor Charles Krauthammer, this morning:

Rahm Emanuel once sent a dead fish to a live pollster. Now he’s put a horse’s head in Roger Ailes’s bed.

Not very subtle. And not very smart. Ailes doesn’t scare easily.

The White House

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davidl on March 28th, 2009

The right of a citizen to petition the state is fundamental, presumed to have been endowed by our creator.   More over, all members of the public have a right to attend public meetings.   Yet for reaons unknown to thinking man,

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Connecticut takes dead aim at First Amendment, Jack Fowler, National Review:

The [Democrat]-controlled Judiciary Committee has introduced Raised Bill 1098, a bill aimed specifically at the Catholic Church, which would remove the authority of the bishop and pastor over

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Eric Florack on August 4th, 2008

These Nightly Rambles are all things I’ve found during the day. I input them all day long and auto-post whatever I’ve collected at around 4 to 430 eastern. I put things in here that catch my eye but that perhaps

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Eric Florack on June 27th, 2008

The New York Times:

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday struck down a law meant to level the financial playing field when rich candidates pay for their own political campaigns.

The 5-to-4 decision, legal experts said, was significant for

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