Another Idea For Federal (or State) Legislative Reform: (Musings of your humble servant at Rerum Novarum) At sundry times and in divers manner your host has written on the issue of legislative reform in the context of major movements underlying the foundational presuppositions of this endeavour as o...

“Swear to God, if [Israelis] ever want a Gentile prime minister, my first order would be to deploy the IDF in a north-south line, facing east. My second order would be ‘forward march’ and the order to halt would not be given until it was time for the troops to rinse their bayonets ...

Between Unconstitutionality and Unworkability: (Musings of your humble servant at Rerum Novarum) [Prefatory Note: This text was largely drafted and refined between April 10, 2007 and December 30, 2007 with a few finishing bits (including a couple of footnotes and some minor tweaking) being done in t...

What's So Bad About Socialism Anyway? This bit from the article summarizes it quite well: If you believe in the freedom of the press, the right to belong to a political party of your choice, the due process of law, and/or private property, then Che Guevara was a monster, plain and simple. Readers ca...

Hollow victory: Republicans deliver slap in the face to Barack Obama (UK Telegraph) Unlike the Democrats who egregiously abused this option in the Senate during the tenure of President George W. Bush{1}, the Republicans in the Senate would be well within the right to use the filibuster for what it w...

You stay classy, Dick Armey: For the YouTube-challenged, former House Majority Leader Dick Armey, R-Texas, was on Hardball discussing tax policy opposite Salon’s Joan Walsh. Given the state of things, Walsh was arguing basic, unassailable points, like the fact that Republican tax and spending ...

Part of My Ecydis’ blogburst of shoes virtually thrown at George Bush’s exit. Goodbye, you wealthy, worthless, witless wreckage of a wasting disease. Goodbye, you wrinkled worm (dick)wad, you whimpering whispering windy wretch. Goodbye to W the Wicked, W the Wrong, W the Wrought Destruct...

Miscellaneous Threads Worth Noting: Two quick ones while we are in the mood... Illinois House Votes to Impeach Blagovich You read that right: In a dramatic display of anger and solidarity over a political scandal that has made Illinois a national laughingstock, lawmakers on Friday voted 114-1 to imp...

RNC draft rips Bush's bailouts Just a taste before we comment... Republican Party officials say they will try next month to pass a resolution accusing President Bush and congressional Republican leaders of embracing "socialism," underscoring deep dissension within the party at the end of Mr. Bush's ...

"Rider Reform Revisited" Dept. I noted in the immediate aftermath of the election{1} that I was thinking of revisiting two initiative ideas I had gone over to varying degrees of depth over the years. However, I wanted to make sure I finished and published my musings on the election which were comple...