Sunday, January 02, 2005

A Bright & Shining Example of Judicial Restraint

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Last Thursday the LATimes published details on valuable gifts that our Supreme Court justices have accepted and are required by law to repo...

The Coming Fiscal Crisis in North Carolina

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According to this a.m.'s News & Observer, the state of North Carolina faces a $1 billion budget shortfall in the fiscal year beginn...
Saturday, January 01, 2005

Rev. James Dobson's Swelled Head

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Focus on the Family and general all-round fundamentalist mullah James Dobson has announced that he can no longer resist the calling of God ...

Bush, Shamed Into Upping Tsunami Aid

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Evidently embarrassed, finally, by his niggardly pledge of support for the tsunami victims, El Presidente announced Friday that he was uppin...
Friday, December 31, 2004

Of Alms & Hypocrites

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Bible reading of the day -- Matthew 6:1-4: "Beware of practicing your piety before men in order to be seen by them; for then you wil...

A Camel, A Rich Man, and the Eye of the Needle

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In less than a week, the death toll around the Indian Ocean has shot up exponentially. Remember how we thought at first it was 3,000 dead? ...

State of Montana, On the Primrose Path

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Yesterday, one day after a trial judge in Arkansas struck down a state regulation that barred gays from being foster parents, another notori...
Thursday, December 30, 2004

The Morally Superior Party

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According to an article in today's NYTimes, the Republican leadership in the U.S. House of Representatives will move to make ethics cha...
Wednesday, December 29, 2004

N.C. SBOE Orders New State-Wide Vote for Ag Secretary

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Voting 3-2 along partisan lines, the N.C. State Board of Elections today ordered a new state-wide election for Secretary of Agriculture, ar...