From the monthly archives: November 2009
To follow-up on Zach’s earlier post on this topic.
What’s the matter with RI?
First we had the governor vetoing a law giving gay partners burial rights, as Zach reference, we now have the Catholic Bishop denying communion to [...]
Continue Reading →Yesterday Senator Russ Feingold, a member of the Senate Budget Committee, announced the launch of his “Spotlight on Spending” series to highlight actions Congress can take to reduce the deficit. The actions highlighted by Sen. Feingold are also included in the Control Spending Now Act Sen. Feingold authored, and the “Spotlight on Spending” series will [...]
Continue Reading →Gone are the days when the Republican Party was home to conservatives of all varieties, from the far-right conservatives like Barry Goldwater to the center-right like Nelson Rockefeller, as some within the Republican National Committee want to take the Republican Party even further to the right than it already is (emphasis mine):
Conservative members [...]
Continue Reading →According to the Providence Journal, Rep. Patrick Kennedy, a Democrat from Rhode Island, has said the Roman Catholic bishop of Providence has forbidden him from receiving communion due to his support for abortion rights:
Kennedy said Providence Bishop Thomas J. Tobin “instructed me not to take communion and said that he has instructed [...]
Just a few random thoughts to start the week:
I haven’t chimed in at any great length on the MPS reform plan being pushed by Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett and Governor Jim Doyle, but I believe the plan has positives and negatives. While I certainly think the mayor should have the ability to choose the [...]
Continue Reading →As a presidential candidate, Barack Obama promised to change Washington, D.C., but as president, Obama hasn’t changed one Washington tradition: giving prized ambassadorships to big political donors:
Of the nearly 80 ambassadorship nominations or confirmations since Obama’s Inauguration, 56 percent were given to political appointees and 44 percent have gone to career diplomats, [...]
To debate or not to debate the Senate’s health care reform bill; that is the question.
The legislative body on Saturday is expected to vote on whether to begin debate — also known as invoking cloture — on its version of the health care bill, which was introduced Wednesday by Senate Majority [...]
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