From the Associated Press: Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, the court’s oldest member and leader of its liberal bloc, he is retiring. President Barack Obama now has his second high court opening to fill. Stevens said Friday he will
From the Associated Press: Democratic Rep. Bart Stupak, targeted for defeat by Tea Party activists for his crucial role in securing House approval of the health care overhaul, said Friday he would retire from Congress this year. The nine-term congressman
Today, in 1865, Robert E. Lee conquered his ego and surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia to US Grant at Appomattox Courthouse. The surrender brought an effective, and final, end to the Civil War.
Last night Andrew Breitbart had a confrontation with AFL-CIO Chief on the Harvard University Campus about Tea Party racism. Byron York wrote up the exchange at the Washington Examiner: There was a confrontation last night at Harvard’s Kennedy School of
Today, in 1913, the 17th Amendment, providing for the direct election of Senators, became law. Previously, Senators were elected by their state Legislatures, which provided a check on the federal government. In just about a century after enactment, Al Franken
Today, in 1933, the prohibition on 3.2% ABV beer was repealed. It was a small step for freedom.
Today, in 1814, Napoleon was exiled to the island of Elba. It wouldn’t take.
This is a rush transcript from “Hannity,” April 2, 2010. RICH LOWRY, GUEST HOST: Good evening, I’m Rich Lowry in tonight for Sean Hannity. It seems that those on the left feel that the First Amendment applies only to themselves.
Today, in 1792, President George Washington exercised the first Presidential veto. We’re not sure what the bill was, but we trust that Washington made the right choice. (In fact, we think a veto is the proper default position for the
Of course there were no news accounts of this, so we missed it. On March 31st, Rep. Paul Ryan delivered a keynote address to the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs, one of the better state-based free market think tanks. It
Today, in 1814, Napoleon abdicated this throne. (It would turn out to be the first of two abdications.)
As Moe Lane at Redstate noted, Rep. Phil Hare has forgotten the first rule of holes. When you find yourself in one, stop digging. As Big Government readers know, Rep. Phil Hare (D-Labor) is the Congressman who said he “doesn’t
From Agence France Presse: The world’s top hedge fund managers made hay last year with record pay because their much-maligned sector bet heavily on recovery of the financial sector after it received state aid, a survey showed. The 25 chief
Today, in 1743, Thomas Jefferson was born, which makes this an especially great Good Friday. (It turns out, April 2 is true for an old style of dating. Today, April 13 is commonly accepted as Jefferson’s birthday. We’re happy to
Within one week of ObamaCare being crammed through the Congress, we had Rep Jesse Jackson Jr. admiting that programs would need to be cut to pay for it and we had Sen. Max Baucus admit that it was really a
It is April 1, 2010 and America is a free market oriented, constitutional republic. April Fools!
Who is this man? To remind our readers, this fine gentleman thrust his finger in a journalists face and shouted “Get him out of here, or I’m going to jail today!” We’re pretty sure he didn’t mean he was going
Today, in 1917, the United States took possession of the U.S. Virgin Islands. The specific reasons remain unclear.
Today, in 1867, the United States purchased Alaska from Russia.
Today, in 1886, Dr. John Pemberton brewed the first batch of Coca-Cola. A handful of years later, our family became one of the first franchise bottlers. That business has gone away, but it never really leaves us. Cheers.
Today, in 1943, Sergei Rachmaninoff died. He was the last great composer of classical music. With him a genre died.
Today, in 1989, Russian voters were able to cast ballots in a free election with a choice of parties. Communists were roundly defeated. The Gorbachev Administration tried to spin the losses as a vindication of their policies. It didn’t work.
NEW ORLEANS – Joseph Basel, age 24, Stan Dai, age 24, Robert Flanagan, age 24, and James O’Keefe, age 25, were charged in a one-count bill of information with entering real property of the United States under false pretenses, a
Today, in 1940, Nancy Pelosi was born. Also today, in 1929, Tom Foley, another Speaker of the House, was born. Hmm…that’s kind of weird.
From Mediaite: Remember the last time Andrew Breitbart was on MSNBC? His fiery exchange with David Shuster ended up in a lot of shouting and not a lot of discussing. Well he was back on today with Dylan Ratigan –
