Political Science

Andy Levy has some mostly-good advice for the Obama opposition. For example, DON'T make it personal. We don't need another Derangement Syndrome. We don't need people doing things like emphasizing Obama's middle name in a derogatory fashion. How anyone would think that's beneficial to their cause, or to the country as a whole, is beyond me. Also, it's not even clever. Neither … [Read more...] about A “To Don’t” List For the Right

Technically, Barack Obama didn't swear out the correct presidential oath, as specified in the constitution. Chief Justice Roberts flubbed it, which lead Obama to flub it too. I sure hope one of the thousand or so lawyers standing nearby (or taking the oath, even if he's not authorized to practice law) thought to dot the i's and cross the t's by having him swear out the correct … [Read more...] about And About That Oath…

It's official. As of noon yesterday, Barack Hussein Obama is the 44th President of the United States of America. Despite the truly horrible history of how black people have been treated in this country, we've just elected a black man to the highest office in the land. It's not the fulfillment of Martin Luther King's dream. It's not the end of racism, but it is the point in … [Read more...] about The Highpoint of the Obama Presidency

I'm trying to put together a freedom scorecard for the Obama administration---stuff to watch out for over the next 4 to 8 years. Here's what I've got so far. Discrete things Obama can do to make us more free: Stop the federal government from raiding medical marijuana users and suppliers End warrentless wiretapping Allow needle exchange Fire U.S. Attorney Mary Beth Buchanan … [Read more...] about Obama Freedom Scorecard

In a New York Times story, writer Monica Davey describes the governor of Illinois this way: Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich is a polished speaker who can win over elderly women at luncheons in southern Illinois with his earnest attention and eloquently recite historical anecdotes from the lives of the leaders he says he most admires... Then, a few paragraphes later, there's this … [Read more...] about A Telling Mistake