Whatever It Is, I’m Against It

London Times : “German Bishop Accused of Beating Orphaned Girls.” How long before we hear about an archbishop who used to tie helpless maide...

The famous pressure Obama is putting on Netanyahu is for a 4-month construction freeze in East Jerusalem. For which Obama would not only p...

Oklahoma Governor Haskell has signed a resolution to submit a referendum to the voters to disfranchise blacks (or some blacks) from voting ...

Teddy Roosevelt addressed the University of Egypt, praising British colonial rule in the Sudan and saying that “the training of a nation to...

(London Times ): “Queen Withdraws from Tattoo in Staircase Row.”

Headline of the Day (the Indy ): “Zookeeper Hospitalised after Giraffe Headbutt.” There was an anti-Harry Reid tea party rally addressed by ...

In a letter to the NYT , Alice Stone Blackwell offers assurances that women’s suffrage will not herald the end of chivalry and force women ...

A blog post from Archbishop Timothy Dolan of NY complains about the church being singled out for criticism over the child abuse cases. Not...

Marine Corps Commandant Gen. James Conway, an opponent of gays in the military, says that if DADT is repealed, he will try to avoid making ...

Tariff war with Canada has been averted. Still don’t care. The Democrats of the Maryland Legislature, in caucus, agree to support the Neg...

According to Gen. Ray Odierno , commander of US forces in Iraq, “People have to get past why we came here.”

An American Commission to Liberia concludes that the republic is in trouble, beset by the British and French Empires on either side. What ...

The cable channel TLC will bring us “Sarah Palin’s Alaska.” Peter Liguori, CEO of the TLC’s parent company, Discovery Communications, says ...

The Equal Franchise Society holds its last meeting of the season (evidently there’s a season for women’s suffrage). President Katherine Ma...

The Pennsylvania Federation of Labor decides against a state-wide strike in support of the street car strike in Philadelphia. The House vot...

Helpful advice, or incitement to violence, whichever, from Sarah Palin:

Taft visited New York and, says the NYT , “probably established a new record... for a day’s activity for a President of the United States.”...

Rep. Randy Neugebauer (R-Shouty Town) admits to having shouted “Baby killer” on the floor of the House during the HCR debate, apologizes “to...

Sent in my census form today (and received in turn a postcard reminding me to send in my census form). Answered the race question by checki...

So HCR allows parents to keep their children on their insurance until 26. If a daughter wants that extra abortion coverage and her parent d...