Barney Frank, Alan Grayson, Goose And Gander (Bumped)

Congress which has demonstrated only an ability to destroy an economy, now wants to micromanage your paycheck, Bryon York, Washington Examiner:

It was nearly two weeks ago that the House of Representatives, acting in a near-frenzy after the disclosure

James Joyner at OTB, this morning brings news abot the latest action of Eric Holder’s Justice Dept:

Attorney General Eric Holder has dropped the case against Ted Stevens, NPR’s Nina Totenberg reports.

A jury convicted Stevens last fall of seven

I tend to let Eric to the long and intense. This morning, I make an exception.

 Bit rambled:

The other shoe: I made mention in a Ramble last August of Jay Mariotti leaving his job in the traditional press.

‘Really the government’s “Path to Viability” for the car companies sounds like the rough draft of a five-year industrial plan from the Soviet Union’

Jennifer Rubin, Commentary Magazine.

“You don’t want a messianic apocalyptic cult controlling atomic bombs. When the wide-eyed believer gets hold of the reins of power and the weapons of mass death, then the entire world should start worrying, and that is what is happening

Earl Ofari Hutchinso, Puffington Post:

President Obama and the Democrats should wave the white flag in their strawman war on Rush Limbaugh. The Media Research Center delivered the grim casualty figures for the Democrats. Since January, the top talk

North Korea, the Norks, is preparing an illegal missile launch    The United States has the capacity to shoot down the Nork missile, but has signaled we will not.   Bill Sammon, Fox News:

Appearing on “FOX News Sunday,” Gates said

Cardinal Daniel DiNardo on the University of Notre Dame should disinvite Barack Obama from giving the Commencement Address:

I want to venture a comment on the recently released statement of the University of Notre Dame; that statement noted that the

Mike Allen and Josh Gerstien at The Politico:

The Obama administration asked Rick Wagoner, the chairman and CEO of General Motors, to step down and he agreed, a White House official said.

On Monday, President Barack Obama is to

We Israelis should consider ourselves lucky that Olmert’s term in office mostly coincided with Bush’s term in office and not with Obama’s. Olmert and Obama are birds of feather: The chicken.

Carl in Jerusalem

There is one thing you can depend on with all oil salesmen, no matter what your ailment happens to be, the snake oil sales man will claim that his snake oil is just the cure.  Robert B. Reich is a

Constitution of the United States, Article VI:

All Debts contracted and Engagements entered into, before the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be as valid against the United States under this Constitution, as under the Confederation.

This Constitution, and the

Earlier, I said no.

Now I inclined to believe that Canada’s health was not helpful to the late Ms Richardson.  Ingrid Perez, Globe and Mail, offers a pretty good time line.  I am less than impressed with the four

The right of a citizen to petition the state is fundamental, presumed to have been endowed by our creator.   More over, all members of the public have a right to attend public meetings.   Yet for reaons unknown to thinking man,

An interesting, and mostly unsurprising report from the New York Times this morning.  Indeed, the only thing surprising about it is that it comes from the New York Times. Here’s some of it:

SAN FRANCISCO — It sounds like such