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Relevance: 52% Posted on: October 11, 2015
Click on over to Townhall.com for an expanded discussion of Wednesday’s Common Sense. Then come back here for more reading: Hillary Clinton: The Daily Mail Powerline Blog Emanuel Rahm: Chicago Tribune's lawsuit more on the Trib lawsuit Yahoo story on public education corruption ABC News on the Chicago corruption story Chicago Tribune…
Relevance: 51% Posted on: October 3, 2008
Can you be kicked out of the government for serving sautéed shad roe? Prime Minister Samak Sundarave of Thailand has just been ousted by a Thai court for violating the constitution. His crime? Hosting TV cooking shows while in office. Samak was the host of “Tasting, Grumbling,” and “Touring at…
Relevance: 51% Posted on: May 6, 2018
Over at Townhall, the logic of “inclusion” is examined — and the examination includes an explanation for why exclusion is the usual tactic of the inclusionists. Click back here for the back-up. Yelp: Churchill Tavern Fox News Insider: 'Nazi Scum, Get Out': Milo Yiannopoulos Heckled by Crowd, Driven Out of…
Relevance: 50% Posted on: February 18, 2018
After every major school shooting the calls for “doing something serious about guns” burst into the national conversation. And yet... considering how lame most actual proposals are ... what is really the ultimate intention appears to be gun prohibition and confiscation. And the thing about that? It means that only…
Relevance: 50% Posted on: February 19, 2001
Lobbyists can't lobby Maryland Legislators from prison. Not anymore. I'm sorry, but legislators have put their feet down this time. No lobbying from prison, period. We can all sleep better now. Wait a second what? Well, first you have to realize that there's a "culture of corruption created and tolerated…
Relevance: 49% Posted on: April 10, 2014
“In Maxine Waters’ economy,” wrote Timothy Carney yesterday, “big business rows the boat while government steers.” The Democratic Congresswoman, known for championing the poor and the less well-off, just loves throwing money around. Including to the rich. Carney shows that, for all her anti-big biz talk, she’s playing into the…
Relevance: 49% Posted on: November 19, 2008
Senator Ted Stevens is an unrepentant porkster whose close relations and special deals with an Alaska business recently led to a conviction on seven felony counts. But he’s not giving in, and has appealed his conviction. He also ran for a seventh Senate term, and it looks like he’s won…
Relevance: 48% Posted on: July 26, 2015
The results are in. There’s an easy way to constrain political corruption. Click on over to Townhall to find out more. Then come back here for some more reading: US Term Limits: “State Legislative Term Limits” St. Louis Post-Dispatch: “Missouri term limits debated” States of Corruption Illinois Townhall.com: “Term Limits,…
Relevance: 48% Posted on: November 13, 2000
Remember Jesse Ventura? Sure you do. A movie star and former wrestler, Ventura captured the governor's seat in Minnesota a couple years back by giving a body slam to politics as usual. Lord knows I don't agree with all the man's opinions, nor all his policies neither. But I do…
Relevance: 48% Posted on: May 2, 2016
Americans concerned with government corruption really should study Italy. Why? “You know Italians,” septuagenarian Elio Ciampanella was quoted in the New York Times last week. “If there is a law, they will try to find ways to go around it!” But it is not just ordinary citizens — the people…