Malia Obama: typical street whore?

During a recent visit to Italy while her father attended three days of G8 talks, first daughter Malia Obama was spotted wearing a shirt with the peace sign made famous by the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.

Here’s the picture:

Apparently, the sight of Malia wearing a shirt promoting a nuclear-free planet was enough to [...]

Nervous about gun rights?

You should be nervous in my opinion. Not from Democrats but from law and order Republicans. Eugene Volokh points out that the San Francisco Police Code allows the Chief of Police to revoke the license of anyone who sells ammunition because it:

1) Serves no sporting purpose; (2) Is designed to expand upon impact [...]

Coming soon to a bar near you…Drinking Liberally!

Yes folks, it’s that time of the month again….time for Drinking Liberally!

This month’s installment of Drinking Liberally will once again be held on July 15, 2009 (this coming Wednesday) from 7-9 p.m. at the Sugar Maple, located at 441 E Lincoln Avenue in Milwaukee.

I have it on good authority a local group [...]

Tom Coburn: not a fan of empathy, unless you’re a Republican

Roughly six minutes and forty-five seconds into his opening statement during the Supreme Court confirmation hearing of Sonia Sotomayor, Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) referenced President Obama’s desire for a Supreme Court nominee with empathy, as if a Supreme Court justice shouldn’t have empathy. What’s interesting about Sen. Coburn’s remarks regarding empathy is the fact that [...]

Opening Statement on Sotomayor Confirmation Hearing

Here’s Senator Russ Feingold’s statement on the Nomination of Sonia Sotomayor to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.

EDIT: I’ve edited this to include video of Sen. Feingold’s remarks, rather than a written transcript.

Live coverage of the Sotomayor confirmation hearings

Courtesy of the U.S. Senate Democrats, here’s live coverage of the Sonia Sotomayor confirmation hearings:

Jimmy Carter quits the Southern Baptist Church!

Perhaps I should not place an exclamation point after the headline but I am astonished that Jimmy Carter would take such a position.

So my decision to sever my ties with the Southern Baptist Convention, after six decades, was painful and difficult. It was, however, an unavoidable decision when the convention’s leaders, quoting a few [...]