Marriage?

First, let me say that the USSC’s recent (non-)decision was the correct and logical one, if the only issue was the law and the wording within the Constitution. The choice, you see, was made the moment government made

Phyllis Schlafly has endorsed Michele Bachman, from Des Moines Register:

Social conservative Phyllis Schlafly has endorsed Michele Bachmann for president and is urging Iowans to caucus for her, Bachmann’s campaign told The Des Moines Register tonight.

In a written

Bitsblog Echo Syndrome, I found it amusing to see Dana Milbank hitting Arianna Huffington from the same angle as I scramble the other day, for being a capitalistist pig, from the Washington Post:

Did Arianna Huffington just sell

Mario IV, some states just never learn.  Mario Cuomo sworn in for fourth term as governor, from Nick Reisman, Politics on the Hudson:

But Gov. Andrew Cuomo did take some time to enjoy being back in an old

I got to give Harold Ford, Jr. potential candidate for Senate from the great state of Tennessee err New York credit.  Taylor Marsh and Katerine Jean-Lopez don’t agree on much, but they seem to agree on Harold Ford, Jr, K-Lo,

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• EXPANDING ON NY23: Yes, I put up an extended commentary on the NY23 lessons this morning.  Michelle Malkin, today,  expands on this

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• CASH FOR CLUNKERS WAS A CLINKER: Not that we expected otherwise, but the waste involved with the thing is staggering. The Christian

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• From our Dept of Intemperate Thoughts: So, now that Whalen has (wrongly, I think) apologized for

Arthur Brooks, at  The Wall Street Journal suggests that there’s a bit of a culture war going on about the future of capitalism.  The headline suggests that “The Real Culture War Is Over Capitalism “

There is a major cultural

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• Spectre Specter: I’ve gotten some interesting feedback from readers on this monring article on

Bush adminstration prepared for pandemics, Tevi Troy, Wall Street Journal:

Swine flu has presented the Obama administration with its first major public-health crisis. Fortunately for the Obama team, the Bush administration developed new tools that will prove critical

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• Suicide by Billing Rates: Let’s call this what it is; the Associated Press is busily committing

Lots of chatter, just now as regards their state supreme court’s ruling on marriage. (PDF)

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – The Iowa Supreme Court issued a unanimous ruling Friday finding that the state’s same-sex marriage ban violates the constitutional rights

Michael A. Lindenberger, Time, argues:

[T]he best way out of the intractable legal wars over gay[sic] marriage is to take marriage out of the hands of the government altogether

Best for whom?   There is no need to treat same

Somehow, I ended up on the mailing list of the New York GOP.  Found this in my mail last night:

“Since its founding, the Republican Party has stood for the time honored values and ideals of opportunity, personal responsibility, accountability