Via the Boston Globe, President Obama claims to have developed a compromise on the new HHS contraceptive regulations which conflict with religious liberty. Capping weeks of growing controversy, Obama announced he was backing off a newly announced requirement for religious employers to provide free birth control coverage even if it runs counter to their religious …
9th Circuit rules against marriage in California
The liberal 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in California has ruled against Proposition 8 in California, which defines marriage as between a man and a woman in the state constitution. Right off the top, the 9th Circuit begins their ruling with a phony assertion: “Prior to November 4, 2008, the California Constitution guaranteed the right …
Comments Off
Marriage: Appeals court to decide fate of Prop. 8 on Tuesday
Here’s a good example of liberal bias at work in news media coverage of a controversial issue, from the Los Angeles Times: A federal appeals court is expected to rule Tuesday on the constitutionality of Proposition 8, the 2008 ballot measure that banned gay marriage in California. But this is loaded language. It isn’t neutral …
Comments Off
The Libertarian Case for Traditional Marriage
Here is a nice concise summary of the case for marriage from Maggie Gallagher at the National Organization for Marriage. There’s more reasoning in those two short pages than in a majority of the Washington State legislature. And a lengthier article on the same subject by Jennifer Roback Morse. Marriage is a naturally occurring, pre-political …
Comments Off
President Obama versus religious liberty
A very strong statement on religious liberty today from Mitt Romney in the Washington Examiner: President Obama versus religious liberty The Obama administration is at it again. They are now using Obamacare to impose a secular vision on Americans who believe that they should not have their religious freedom taken away. …. My own view …
Comments Off
Juan Williams turns into Al Sharpton
Though he’s on the left, so we disagree with Juan Williams on most issues, he’s always seemed like an honest and decent man. So it was pretty shocking to see this blatant play of the race card, full of Al Sharpton style demagoguery. One part stood out as particularly ugly. Williams, reviewing his debate question …
Comments Off
Cain on Romney and religion
Herman Cain on the latest media-generated controversy over Mitt Romney’s religious views (via NRO): Herman Cain refused to wade into the controversy over whether it is accurate to call Mitt Romney a Christian or not. “I’m not running for theologian in chief,” he said on CNN’s State of the Union this morning. “I’m a lifelong …
Comments Off
Dog bites man: President Obama “comfortable” with higher taxes
From the NY Times: President Obama said on Thursday that he was “comfortable” with a Senate proposal to pay for his jobs legislation with a tax surcharge on income above $1 million. “I’m fine with the approach they have taken,” Mr. Obama said when asked at a news conference about the tax proposal put forth …
Comments Off
Bill Clinton wants more credit
So Bill Clinton is complaining that he’s not getting enough credit for his record as president? OK, let’s apply the George W. Bush standard (as devised by liberals): The NASDAQ peaked in January 2000 at 4572.83 The NASDAQ closed Friday (11 years later!) at 2,415.40 If President Bush was responsible for the housing bubble crash, …
Comments Off
Why conservatives don’t hate Warren Buffett
E.J. Dionne’s columns don’t offer much in the way of argument or information, but they are valuable as a window into the mind of the left. For example, his column from the Washington Post website on September 28th, titled “Why conservatives hate Warren Buffett“. Maybe only a really, really rich guy can credibly make the …
Comments Off
Washington Post offers press release for White House “deficit plan”
In the “news” item from the Washington Post about President Obama’s latest iteration of his same old “deficit reduction” plan, the hackery begins right up top in the title: “Obama’s debt-reduction plan: $3 trillion in savings, half from new tax revenue“. And the item begins: President Obama will announce a proposal on Monday to tame …
Comments Off
Paul Krugman and the Flag Burners
« Previous Page — Next Page »
There’s been a good amount of reaction to the blog post put up by Paul Krugman at the NY Times today. There’s been less reaction to the story that’s linked below Krugman’s on memorandum as I write: A group of Muslim protesters set fire to an American flag outside the US embassy in London during …
Archives
Categories
