Politics

Mark Shea is a little more militant about the Miers matter. I'm adopting a more cautious approach (be cautious before getting mad), but I tend to agree with him: > If Miers turns out to be Souter in a dress, I think this will go down in history

Well, it would appear Bush has let down the pro-life movement with his pick, though no one knows for sure. This blurb at Southern Appeal [http://southernappeal.blogspot.com/2005/10/bush-in-on-is-own-color-me-very.html] seems to sum up the sentiment I'm

Getting up the Irish dander? I like seeing the churches, especially Catholic churches who have been silent in recent memory, finally taking stands. The Catholic clerics used to get fired up all the time, but they fell silent for many years, to the injury of American culture. I think most

First it was Katrina, then Rita, and now Congressa: > Louisiana's congressional delegation has requested $40 billion for Army Corps of Engineers projects in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, about 10 times the annual Corps budget for the entire nation, or 16 times the amount the Corps has

. . . and confusing verbiage: > "Hillary Clinton needs to be truthful, and for Bill Clinton to suggest that she not be, when we all know she's running for President, when he knows she's running for President, is less than truthful," Pirro told reporters. > She

> With all eyes on John Roberts' Senate confirmation hearings, the House of Representatives passed a “hate crimes” measure Wednesday that would grant the victims of crimes allegedly motivated by bias ”“ including bias based on “sexual orientation” ”“ greater protection than other victims of violence. The measure passed by a