The quick and dirty on WI Act 28

A couple of months ago, I wrote about the provision contained within the most recent state budget, otherwise known as 2009 Wisconsin Act 28, that would make all but the most violent offenders and sex offenders potentially eligible for early release. At the time, I voiced my support for the measure, and I cited data [...]

Milton Bradley got what he deserved

I’m no Cubs fan, but I think Milton Bradley deserved every game of the season-ending suspension he was given by the Cubs for badmouthing the team in public. scratched from Saturday’s lineup with a sore left knee, Bradley was quoted as saying, “you understand why they haven’t won in 100 years here.”

Chicago signed the [...]

I think his brain is broken…

Dave Westlake loves him some foreign policy, circa 1982. In his latest blog entry, Westlake criticizes President Obama’s decision to hold off on implementing a missile shield in eastern Europe (emphasis mine):

Whether it’s the corrupt antics of ACORN, the President’s cadre of czars, the ongoing—and still unresolved—debate over healthcare reform, or the scrapping of [...]

Huckabee wins early 2012 straw poll

Mike Huckabee cruised to an easy victory in a presidential straw poll taken among attendees at the Family Research Council’s Values Voter Summit, beating a group of four other Republican contenders by an over two-to-one margin:

Huckabee, the former Arkansas governor and a 2008 presidential candidate, won with just over 28 percent of the 597 [...]