President Bush has asked once again for line-item veto authority. While he says this would let him to help push through critical legislation by allowing him to veto portions of…
A Conversation on Stem Cell research
I had an interesting conversation with a co-worker last night on embryonic stem cell research. First, the disclaimers: She is pro-life and very religious, but is not one to push…
Yet another case of Bill Poisoning
Raising the minimum wage is a good thing, right? Living wages help those struggling to get by by giving them greater buying power. This means more food on the table…
John McCain: Chickenhawk* no more
John McCain is not one of my favorite people. And that’s besides the fact that he’s a Republican and strong supporter of the Debacle in the Desert™. However, a recent…
A Little Test
Let’s see how you all would react to the following scenario: Imagine, if you will, that you have an adult child who is by and large considered a criminal. He/she…
PTSD again rears its ugly head
As if there weren’t already scores of examples of the damage done to our troops psyches, here is yet another fine example. CNN.com reports that A U.S. Army soldier who…
Just a little survey…. Or is it?
A suburb of Milwaukee (my city of residence) recently hit the local newspaper courtesy of a group called Students for Unity. The town in question is Port Washington, WI. Students…
Viable Third Party?
Fixer, of both Alternate Brain and Main and Central, jokingly brought up the idea of forming a Blogger’s Party not too long ago as a result of a question posed…
I’m No Damn Subject!
Commenter Andy left the following in the comments of my post Just a little survey…or is it?. His comment gets straight to the heart of how the Gay Rights issue…
Get ready ‘cuz here it comes…
The Supreme Court yesterday validated all but one of Tom Delay’s redistricting efforts in Texas. Although that sucks from a Democratic standpoint, the part of their ruling that should have…