NY GOP donors backing push to recognize gay marriage
It is an article of faith among the gay left that Republicans hate gay people. A paucity of evidence notwithstanding act as if animosity toward homosexuals is a defining principle of the GOP. Yet, an...
View ArticleWI Gov. Walker uses tactics favored by gay groups to drop state defense of...
First, on this occasion, I disagree with Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker. He should let the state’s domestic partnership registry stand. And as chief executive of the Badger State, he is wrong to ask...
View ArticleWhat the (Need For a) Court Challenge to Obamacare Says (Negatively) About...
So I’m reading today how the Stalinization of Healthcare Act of 2010 is facing renewed Constitutional scrutiny, this time at the hands of a three-judge panel on the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in...
View ArticleNY Legislature Votes to Recognize Same-Sex Marriages
Just caught this via Instapundit: CHANGE: Gay marriage legal in New York State after Senate passes historic bill 33-29. I think it’s good that it was passed by the legislature rather than imposed by a...
View ArticleNew York in Context
Five years ago, when the highest court in New York State refused to mandate state recognition of same-sex marriage, I disagreed with gay activists who criticized the decision, writing, “It is the job...
View ArticleAdministration Certifies DADT Repeal
There is some good news today; the administration certified the final repeal of Don’t Ask/Don’t Tell: Service members today welcomed a key milestone in repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” (DADT), as...
View ArticleA conservative case why conservatives can’t yet get what we want
In perhaps the most sober conservative assessment of the ongoing debt limit negotiations, Michael Barone makes a conservative case why conservatives can’t yet get what we want: Republicans want to...
View ArticleA tax system that might cause the Founders to reach for their muskets
Until recently, when I read about the Revolutionary era, I devoted most of my attention to my three favorite Founders, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, studying less the events which...
View ArticleKatrina, Irene & the Expectations of Bush’s Failure
It is perhaps instructive that Hurricane Irene threatened to devastate the East Coast almost exactly six years after Katrina did indeed devastate the Gulf Coast in and around New Orleans. Now, to be...
View ArticleOn Republican refusal to offer official response to Obama speech
Article 2 of the United States Constitution specifies that the “executive Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America.” (No, Vice President Biden, Article 1 does not define...
View ArticleWho’s playing political games?
“Surrounded by police officers, firefighters, teachers, construction workers and others he said would be helped by the $447 billion package,” Erika Werner writes, “the president said the only thing...
View ArticleCA Supreme Court: Prop 8 backers have standing
Even though I voted against Proposition 8 in 2008 and believe that voters should overturn it, I think the state Supreme Court got this one right: The sponsors of ballot propositions can step in to...
View ArticleWashington State recognizes same-sex marriages the right way
Yesterday, the Washington State House passed a bill to recognize same-sex marriages, following the action last week of the state Senate. Governor Christine Gregoire “is expected to sign the measure...
View ArticleGingrich refuses to “outright reject” state-recognized same-sex marriage in...
Now, this is interesting: Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich declined Friday to outright reject a new law legalizing same-sex marriage in Washington state, saying if it is approved by...
View ArticleRepublican House in NH rejects repeal of Granite State’s recognition of...
Liz Mair reminded us yesterday of something significant about the New Hampshire House’s rejections of “a bill that would have made their state legislature the first one to repeal” the state’s decision...
View ArticleWhat gay Republicans (should) expect from the state
Consistent with conservative principles as articulated by the Republican Party at least since its founding — and particularly in the post-Civil War era as well as in the last third of the preceding...
View ArticleBut, Nancy, you didn’t hold a vote on DOMA repeal when you were Speaker (&...
On Facebook, super-sweet left-wing blogress Pam Spaulding links this article from the Washington Blade, Pelosi vows to drop DOMA defense in Democratic House: House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi...
View Article“Did Ron Paul go too far this time?”
The headline is what I just saw on Yahoo! (hence the quotes). The article is from Peter Grier of the Christian Science Monitor: Former GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul has slammed US law enforcement...
View ArticleRhode Island recognizes gay marriages the right way
After several tries, the Ocean State will start recognizing same-sex marriages on August 1. Both houses of the legislature voted in favor of such recognition and the elected governor signed the bill...
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Has Obama Really Failed?
This is a thing that’s going around. The implication is that Obama’s presidency has been bad for the Democratic Party. I guess you could make that case, kinda sorta. And since the Democratic Party...
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