Just read an excellent post from “Doctor Zero” at HotAir.com. Definitely worth spending a few minutes on, but I do have a couple of points to critique: First, the current congress is not the first in the world to treat the constitution like toilet paper, and the Democrats certainly aren’t the only ones to blame. Second, the make up of our leaders reflects the attitudes of the public. Congress will change not by kicking out […]
David Frum had a good piece on the special elections in New York, Virginia and New Jersey, from which an important quote should be observed: “And if the Republicans pick up an Arkansas Senate seat and a dozen blue-dog Democratic House seats in 2010, you can see this “tea party” mentality taking strong hold of the GOP in the run-up to 2012. But a political formula that encourages Republicans to write off the suburbs, the Northeast, […]
Seems like Congress is pushing through lots of bills these days. And they’re really, really big. Now, we don’t want the fact that the bills are really long and complex to delay the lawmaking process. That could leave the door open to deeper analysis and understanding about proposed laws, the devastating effects of which could be public debate and disagreement. Experts warn that laws, when subject to deliberation and opposition, often fail passage, and that […]
Wesley Gant 