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...

Rahm Emmanuel Has His Own Tax Problems I have already predicted that the Blagovich scandal is going to come back and bite Rahm Emmanuel in the butt but yet another issue that the msm if they had done even remedial journalistic investigation in the 2008 election on then-candidate Obama and his associ...

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...

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 ...

Camille Paglia on various issues (Salon Magazine) Though she and I often disagree, I have often found Camille Paglia to be an interesting and provocative read. On the above thread, she covers: --The subject of President Obama's pledge of federal money for infrastructure repairs which she applauds as...

On How To Approach the Presidential Election Results of 2008 and Analyzing the Political Trends for 2008 and Beyond: (Musings of your humble servant at Rerum Novarum) As we announced in a previous posting, certain exceptions notwithstanding and at our discretion{1}, this is the only posting we inten...