If you don't have access to Texas newspapers or the internet, you may not have heard the sensational news about the enormous cache of weapons just seized in Laredo, Texas. U.S. authorities grabbed two completed Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), … [Read more...] about Is A War Going On In Texas?
Twenty Years In Prison For Having Sex With His Wife
William J. Hetherington has been incarcerated in Michigan prisons for more than 20 years for having sex with his wife Linda. In 1986, he became the first man in Genesee County convicted of the new Michigan crime called spousal rape. Linda … [Read more...] about Twenty Years In Prison For Having Sex With His Wife
Can Congress Limit Federal Court Jurisdiction?
One of the Senators' lines of questioning of Judge Samuel Alito that lacked follow-up concerned the power of Congress to define the jurisdiction of federal courts. Anybody who has read the Constitution knows that Article III, Section 2 clearly … [Read more...] about Can Congress Limit Federal Court Jurisdiction?
Judge’s Unintelligent Rant Against Design
Judge John E. Jones III could still be Chairman of the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board if millions of evangelical Christians had not pulled the lever for George W. Bush in 2000. Yet this federal judge, who owes his position entirely to those voters … [Read more...] about Judge’s Unintelligent Rant Against Design
Coming Crackup Of Conservatives? No Way
Howard Fineman of Newsweek looked into his crystal ball and proclaimed the coming crackup of the conservative movement. But, to quote Mark Twain, the report of its death is greatly exaggerated. Fineman methodically ticks off what he thinks are the … [Read more...] about Coming Crackup Of Conservatives? No Way
Dealing with Katrina
Katrina has displaced hundreds of thousands of Americans who now need food, housing, and cash. Relief for those necessities will have to be temporary and it will be many months before they can return to New Orleans, if ever, so what they need most of … [Read more...] about Dealing with Katrina
High Stakes in Judicial Supremacy — September 2005
High Stakes in Judicial Supremacy The histrionics of the liberals about the impending nomination to fill the Supreme Court vacancy look overwrought, but they are heartfelt. The liberals know they've lost the legislative and … [Read more...] about High Stakes in Judicial Supremacy — September 2005
High Stakes In Judicial Supremacy
The histrionics of the liberals about the impending nomination to fill the Supreme Court vacancy look overwrought, but they are heartfelt. The liberals know they've lost the legislative and executive branches of government, and their only hope of … [Read more...] about High Stakes In Judicial Supremacy
Republican Appointees Disappoint Again
The Supreme Court wrapped up one of its most disappointing terms in years. Plagued by Chief Justice Rehnquist's absence due to illness, the other justices behaved like the gang that cannot shoot straight. The Court banished the Ten Commandments … [Read more...] about Republican Appointees Disappoint Again
Federal Incentives Make Children Fatherless
Why has Congress appropriated taxpayers' money to give perverse incentives that break up families and deprive children of their fathers? The built-in financial incentives in the current child-support system have expanded the tragedy of fatherless … [Read more...] about Federal Incentives Make Children Fatherless
