Monthly Archives: May 2005

17 Democrats plus Jumpin’ Jim choose ideology — gasp!! — over bipartisanship: Biden (D-DE) Boxer (D-CA) Cantwell (D-WA) Corzine (D-NJ) Dayton (D-MN) Dodd (D-CT) Dorgan (D-ND) Feingold (D-WI) Jeffords (I-VT) Kennedy (D-MA) Kerry (D-MA) Lautenberg (D-NJ) Levin (D-MI) Lincoln (D-AR) … Continue reading

It looks like our care package was received. Kerry says he signed the form, but questions remain, including this one: will the public get to see all the records, or just the ones Kerry chooses to pass along? It’s a … Continue reading

Jay Nordlinger’s dispatch from the World Economic Forum in Jordan is not to be missed.

In “extraordinary cases,” we give up even our right to vote against a judicial nominee. And, furthermore, at least half of Bush’s nominees are “extraordinary cases,” as defined by a former Klu Klux Klan member and his party. Isn’t that, … Continue reading

John Norris Brown is hosting this month’s tailgate party.

…because he probably won’t be needed tomorrow, as some expected. It appears that the Republicans-in-name-only (RINOs) have been joined by McCain, DeWine, Warner and Graham to invoke the spineless option, along with Sheets and a bunch of other Democrats. A … Continue reading

Christian author Dick Staub has a different take on my question. Meanwhile, blogger and preacher Milton Stanley notes the main differences between Christianity and the Force.

Some of the things that the president said on our way into Iraq, they just weren’t true, and I don’t think that’s right. So… MR. RUSSERT: Such as? DR. DEAN: Such as the weapons of mass destruction, which we have … Continue reading

No one can devise a formula for getting rich. But I can devise a formula for getting poor. Don’t work. Convince yourself that your life reflects the decisions of others and not yours. Be the perennial victim. This is the … Continue reading

Spoiler Alert If you haven’t seen Revenge of the Sith, and you don’t want to know anything in advance, don’t read this post. *** Orson Scott Card has an interesting column at Belifenet answering the question, how does belief in … Continue reading