Category Archives: law

The Darkening Skies over Obamacare

President Obama and his congressional allies want to create the perception that Obamacare is a done deal, and that Republicans need to get over it. But the events of the past week show quite clearly that that’s far from the reality. Continue reading

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How to Repeal Obamacare in the Senate

If Senators don’t take two procedural steps this week, they will make it virtually impossible to ever get a vote on the House-passed Obamacare repeal bill this Congress. Continue reading

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On gun control, there’s the Constitution and there’s Daley’s rules

In Chicago, Daleytution is the law of the land As Independence Day approaches, let’s remember that our Founding Fathers created a marvelous document to protect individual freedoms from the aggressions of government. We call this the Constitution. But along The … Continue reading

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California Dreamin’ (on someone else’s dime)

This past Friday, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger called for the federal government to bail out the taxpayers of his state to the tune of some $6.9 billion. We hear daily news stories of governors all over the United States struggling to close similar gaping holes in their states’ budgets. By what rationale is California more deserving than others? Continue reading

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Rosemary's Crybabies

How can Hollywood be so tragically out of touch? Continue reading

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It’s Only Anti-Social

In Britain, the seriousness of an offense depends on who the victim is. Continue reading

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