David Crary, The Associated Press NEW YORK, N.Y. – An anti-abortion group Tuesday released undercover video taken in its latest attempt to discredit an organization that provides abortions — footage of operatives posing as a pimp and a prostitute seeking
Today, in 1979, Ruhollah Khomeini returned from exile to Iran. It set in motion events which would topple the secular government and instill an Islamic ‘republic.’ Hmm…
From Reuters: A judge in Florida on Monday became the second judge to declare President Barack Obama’s healthcare reform law unconstitutional, in the biggest legal challenge yet to federal authority to enact the law. U.S. District Judge Roger Vinson, appointed
Today, in 1876, the United States ordered all Native Americans to move onto reservations.
Last year Big Journalism chronicled Occidental College professor Peter Dreier, who served on the Obama campaign’s urban policy task force and as an adviser to ACORN, using his position with the university to recruit operatives for the “battle with conservative
Protests continue to grip Egypt. This probably won’t end well.
For a brief shining moment, the rule of law prevailed in Illinois. On Thursday, the Illinois Supreme Court put a swift end to that, overruling the Appellate Court and determining that, notwithstanding the actual law, Rahm Emaneul is eligible to
Today, in 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart shortly after liftoff. All seven astronauts aboard were killed.
Governor Palin Chooses Young America’s Foundation’s Reagan Ranch Center as the Backdrop for her Speech to Honor the 100th Anniversary of Ronald Reagan’s Birth Young America’s Foundation announced today that Governor Sarah Palin will give the keynote address on February
Today is the International Holocaust Remembrance Day. On this date, in 1945, the Soviet Red Army liberated the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp. In a weird and unnerving coincidence, today is also the birthday of Wolfgang Mozart. That the heirs of Goethe,
According to Reuters, Senate Leaders are considering a law allowing states to declare bankruptcy. (Yeah, that will end well.) As the article notes, the states’ biggest problem is paying pensions and benefits to its retired workers. Thanks Big Labor!
Ugh, here we go again…the State of the Union address must rank among the worst speeches in the history of mankind. This isn’t a partisan thing…its a political thing. Pretty much everyone sucks at them, because they aren’t oratory per
From Georgia’s Albany Herald: In April of 1999, Judge Paul L. Friedman of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia approved a settlement agreement and consent decree in Pigford v. Glickman, a class action discrimination suit between the
For something like 24 hours, the rule of law prevailed in Illinois. The state’s Supremes put a quick end to that. From the Chicago Tribune: The state Supreme Court today issued a stay of the appellate court order knocking Rahm
Tonight, President Obama delivers the annual State of the Union address. Providing further evidence that it’s an entirely unserious place, several GOP and Dem members of Congress are planning to sit together in a display of…something or other.
From The New York Times: Since the government took over Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, taxpayers have spent more than $160 million defending the mortgage finance companies and their former top executives in civil lawsuits accusing them of fraud. The
From Lee Stranahan writing at the Huffington Post: While I was conducting a video interview with a Georgia farmer named Eddie Slaughter a couple of weeks ago, he made a surprising and stunning allegation: that he had told his congressman
From Chicago Sun-Times: Rahm Emanuel was thrown off the ballot for mayor of Chicago today by an appellate court panel, a stunning blow to the fund-raising leader in the race. An appellate panel ruled 2-1 that Emanuel did not meet
Today, in 2003, the Department of Homeland Security officially opened its doors. (We almost called this post the “told you so edition.”
From Yahoo News: [Dr. Kermit] Gosnell was charged last week with killing seven babies born alive and with the 2009 death of a 41-year-old refugee after a botched abortion at the clinic, which prosecutors have called a drug mill by
George Will in today’s Washington Post: By the time Huntington’s book appeared, American had had four of what he called “periods of creedal passion” – the Revolutionary era (1770s), the Jacksonian era (the 1830s), the Progressive era (1900-20) and the
Today…Bears v. Packers to decide NFC Championship. Now, this is real football.
From the Associated Press: New Hampshire Republicans elected a tea party figure as their leader and rejected the establishment-backed candidate, a sign that activists in this early voting presidential state have embraced the anti-government message that helped them make major
From the Wall Street Journal: President Barack Obama will call for new government spending on infrastructure, education and research in his State of the Union address Tuesday, sharpening his response to Republicans in Congress who are demanding deep budget cuts,
Today, in 1973, the U.S. Supreme Court delivered its decision in the case Roe v. Wade. Whether you’re pro-life or pro-choice, the decision was not the high-water mark of the Court.
