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Relevance: 19% Posted on: March 22, 2011
I don’t know if David Schubert is guilty. You don’t either. But it wouldn’t shock me if a jury convicted him, or if he pled out. You probably wouldn’t be surprised, either. The fact that we aren’t shocked is what is shocking about the story. You see, Schubert is the…
Relevance: 19% Posted on: August 18, 2014
The important group Democrats Against Democratic Obstruction of Justice (DADOOJ) has yet to be formed to denounce ongoing cover-ups by the Obama administration. If a DADOOJ did exist, though, its two or three members would surely cite a recent Hill column by Rick Manning, “More lost emails—When will Democrats have…
Relevance: 19% Posted on: September 28, 2018
In Hawaii, those who would compel others to promote abortion have suffered a well-deserved setback. A U.S. District Court tossed a law requiring pregnancy centers to post ads for abortion clinics. Among the centers that would have been affected was one run by a church opposed to abortion. Of course,…
Relevance: 19% Posted on: January 16, 2012
Years ago, on a past Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, I played a video of his speeches for my children. Upon hearing the words King delivered in a Selma church in 1965, I was overcome with emotion. Who wouldn’t be? “Deep down in our non-violent creed is the conviction there are some things…
Relevance: 19% Posted on: December 4, 2012
H.L. Mencken and George Jean Nathan, when they took over the early 20th century journal Smart Set, served it up with a great motto: “One Civilized Reader Is Worth a Thousand Boneheads.” That’s how I feel about my readers. I almost always enjoy the comments section of ThisIsCommonSense.com, and sometimes…
Relevance: 19% Posted on: October 14, 2014
Are we being misinformed about the war now being waged against ISIS in Iraq and Syria? Or should I call it a “counter-terrorism operation”? Oh, I know there is an election in a few weeks, so we don’t want to bother the pretty little heads of our national representatives in…
Relevance: 19% Posted on: May 11, 2012
“If you think you have seen gridlock, just wait and watch Goldwater’s final victory.” That’s how Mark Mardell, the North American editor of BBC News, snarkily concluded his column bemoaning Indiana State Treasurer Richard Mourdock’s resounding defeat of 36-year incumbent U.S. Senator Dick Lugar in Tuesday’s Republican Primary. Goldwater? Noting…
Relevance: 19% Posted on: February 6, 2018
“Once the party of law and order,” screamed the Washington Post’s top-of-the-front-page Sunday headline, “Republicans are now challenging it.” The story’s lede: “Republican leaders’ open defiance last week of the FBI over the release of a hotly disputed memo revealed how the GOP, which has long positioned itself as the…
Relevance: 19% Posted on: June 26, 2023
What is the U.S. SupremeCourt thinking by refusing even to listen to arguments about the effects of California’s AB5 law, which effectively outlaws certain kinds of freelancing and gig work, on the right to speak out and petition in California? The case is Mobilize the Message, LLC v. Bona. Plaintiffs…
Relevance: 19% Posted on: July 18, 2012
An old joke runs something like this: “We lose a dollar on every widget sold.” “So how do you stay in business?” “We make up for it in volume.” The lesson? Mere numerical productivity is not key to the success of any human enterprise.…