Right Side of the Rainbow

First Massachusetts, now Illinois?

2010-02-04T14:30:51Z

According to the New York Times, Democrats now worry that the Senate seat formerly held by Barack Obama “might be picked off by Republicans in November.”

Is a terror attack on the U.S. imminent?

2010-02-03T05:10:55Z

New York Times: “America’s top intelligence official told lawmakers on Tuesday that Al Qaeda and its affiliates had made it a high priority to attempt a large-scale attack on American soil within the next six months.”

The health care debate is over, and Democrats know it

2010-02-02T04:40:11Z

They’ll still yammer about passing a bill, but not to worry. The Democrats are merely keeping up appearances for the benefit of their base. It’s over.

Justice Alito speaks truth to power

2010-01-28T14:30:47Z

What Obama said was, of course, not true; corporations, whether domestic or foreign, are still prohibited from making contributions to political campaigns. And foreign corporations are still prohibited from airing political commercials.

The president might benefit from reading the court’s opinion.

ObamaCare is dead

2010-01-20T06:30:43Z

Ding dong. Even Barney Frank says so. And a Democratic senator — a senator only because his opponent stepped in the “macaca” — raises the white flag.

ADDED: Sen. Evan Bayh, D-IN: Okay, nobody panic! It’s just catastrophe! Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-CT: I wonder, how fast can I backpedal?

Whoa, mama! Democrats brace for defeat in Massachusetts

2010-01-15T14:30:39Z

A Democratic strategist says “the bottom has fallen out” of Martha Coakley’s poll numbers.

Scott Brown would be the 41st Republican senator, restoring the GOP’s ability to filibuster legislation, including ObamaCare.

The real unemployment rate ...

2010-01-12T23:15:01Z

Properly calculated, the rate is probably 22%.

States that ban gay marriage see divorce rates rise

2010-01-12T14:30:50Z

Divorce rates have declined, not risen, in states that are either supportive of gay marriage or at least not hostile to it, according to Nate Silver. But as one commenter points out, heterosexuals in pro-gay marriage states may have become less likely to marry.

"We are witnessing a conservative libertarian comeback"

2010-01-08T23:15:13Z

Has Obama “revived the enduring American challenge to the state”?

Houston's lesbian mayor takes office

2010-01-05T23:15:17Z

End of the death penalty draws closer

2010-01-05T14:30:08Z

The American Law Institute, the group that gave intellectual respectability to the death penalty, calls it quits.

Brit Hume to Tiger Woods: Let Jesus drive

2010-01-04T23:15:14Z

But I wonder: Do you have to be a Christian to know that it’s wrong to cheat on your wife?

"... you would be hard pressed to find someone who doesn't know anyone who is gay"

2009-12-30T01:40:36Z

Even where voters reject same-sex marriage, they’re still choosing gays and lesbians to lead them.

In dead of night, Senate votes to end debate on health bill

2009-12-21T12:00:47Z

After a 1 a.m. roll call took only nine minutes, the tally was 60-40 along party lines.

The bill runs 2,700 pages, requires nearly all Americans to either buy health insurance or pay a penalty, and makes what the New York Times describes as “major reductions” in the growth of Medicare, the federal insurance plan for people over 65.

"... the Afghan soldiers simply lay in a ditch, refusing to budge"

2009-12-17T14:30:06Z

This doesn’t necessarily make the case for withdrawing our troops from Afghanistan; after all, our presence there denys al Qaeda a haven. But it does demonstrate the perils of nation building.