Congress’s Monstrous Legal Legacy
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on December 25th, 2010 5:31 am by HL
Congress’s Monstrous Legal Legacy
Kimberley Strassel, Wall Street Journal
The historians will long be fighting over the legislative legacy of the 111th Congress. As to its legal legacy, the only real question is whether this just-finished Democratic Congress was the most unserious in decades, or the most unserious in history.That much is clear from the recent ObamaCare court proceedings. Federal Judge Henry Hudson, responding to a lawsuit by the state of Virginia, last week struck down the core of the law, the individual mandate.
Actually, Huck, It’s Palin Who Gets It
David Harsanyi, Denver Post
Two names frequently bandied about as potential 2012 Republican presidential candidates engaged in a minor but revealing squabble this week.During what I assume was an action-packed episode of “Sarah Palin's Alaska” on TLC, the former vice presidential candidate poked some gentle fun at first lady Michelle Obama's ubiquitous children's health crusade. And this wasn't the first time Palin had disparaged the campaign and the school nutrition food bill that comes attached to it. Receive news alertsAs you would expect, duty beckoned enlightened Americans everywhere…
In Our Hearts, in Our Homes, a Special Night
John Kass, Chicago Tribune
For all the children who should be loved always, but especially on this wondrous night, with our arms around them and a long goodnight kiss on the temple, a kiss more precious than anything wrapped up in a box.For all the parents who linger in the doorways of those bedrooms, watching those sleeping shapes.For all the babies who aren't loved enough and may grow up with a hard crust around their hearts because someone neglected to plant those kisses and give those hugs.For every couple that adopts a child and saves a life. For all the young mothers who saved the life they carried by…
Judicial Nominees Deserve Better
A Well-Earned, and Very Capitalistic Christmas
Richard Salsman, Forbes
Among the many joys of the Christmas season, along with festive parties and cherished reunions, are the exuberant lights and bedecked homes, the twinkling trees and sparkling ornaments, the cheery music and piles of gifts, the good eats and drinks — all imbibed in a spirit of earthy, untamed merriment. But for many ornery critics — religious and secular alike — the commercialism and mirth undermine and desecrate the “true meaning” of Christmas, which, they say, should entail a somber, ascetic tribute to the birth of Jesus Christ, and…
