I believe in the free speech that liberals used to believe in, the economic freedom that conservatives used to believe in, and the personal freedom that America used to believe in.
Well, this is interesting:
In the race for Virginia Governor, Republican Bob McDonnell today defeats Democrat Creigh Deeds 55% to 40%
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Incumbent Republican Lieutenant Governor Bill Bolling is today elected to a second term, defeating Democrat Jody Wagner, former Treasurer of Virginia and Secretary of Finance 54% to 42%.
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In the race for the open office of Attorney [...]
So says Fox News Channel Legal Analyst, and former Judge, Andrew Napolitano:
Civil liberties attorney Harvey Silvergate agrees:
Under well-established First Amendment jurisprudence, what Gates said to Crowley–even assuming the worst–is fully constitutionally protected. After all, even “offensive” speech is covered by the First Amendment’s very broad umbrella
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Today, the law recognizes only four exceptions to the First [...]
Via The Weekly Standard comes news of a one of the many taxes under consideration to fund ObamaCare:
The U.S. Senate is considering a proposal that would dramatically raise what they call “lifestyle taxes” to pay for a huge federal health care program. Under this proposal you would be paying more for some of the simple [...]
Working off of the theory that the only good legislation is delayed legislation, I take this as good news:
(CNN) — A group of fiscally conservative House Democrats announced Wednesday they reached a deal with the chamber’s Democratic leaders on a health care reform bill.
Rep. Mike Ross of Arkansas, speaking for the Blue Dog Democrats, said [...]
Back in the 1980’s, when a “conservative” was President you might remember, Congress passed a law allowing the Federal Government to blackmail states into raising the drinking age to twenty-one. If a given state failed to comply, they would lose ten percent of the federal highway funds allocated to it in a given year.
Now, [...]
As I noted last week, there was a small kerfuffle when Hillary Clinton answered a Thai reporters question about her political future ambiguously enough to suggest she still harbored Presidential ambitions. On Sunday’s Meet the Press, she seemed to address the question more emphatically:
SEC’Y CLINTON: But the answer is no. I don’t know [...]
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