Random thoughts on politics, current events, popular culture, and whatever else interests me.
Sunday, June 30, 2013
Is it Now Time to Legalize Polygamy?
In the wake of a pair of Supreme Court decisions that have advanced the cause of same sex marriage, Scott Shackford of Reason Magazine asks the burning question, is it now time to talk about polygamy?
Congress in a Race to Produce a Tax Reform Bill
While the sound and fury over the IRS scandals remains unabated, members of Congress on both side of the aisle are quietly working on a tax simplification plan. Quite a number of tax deductions and credits are at risk, according to the Hill.
Obama Has Alienated Egyptian Freedom Protestors
In the wake of massive protests in Cairo's Tahir Square against the Muslim Brotherhood regime of Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi, President Obama issued a statement in South Africa supporting that country's democracy, according to the Washington Post. The Washington Free Beacon reports that opposition leaders are blaming American Ambassador Anne Patterson and President Barack Obama for propping up the Morsi government, installed in power after an election in 2012.
Saturday, June 29, 2013
Sarah Palin Issues Warning About Immigration Reform
The Senate has passed the immigration reform bill, as threadbare is it is about border enforcement and filled as it is with pork and special deals. Sarah Palin is not pleased, which means that those voting for the bill should be afraid.
Why Paula Deen and Not Bill Maher or Alec Baldwin?
The piling on Paula Deen continues with the news, on top of former corporate partners falling over themselves to separate themselves from her, that her upcoming cook book has been cancelled by her publishers, despite being Number One on Amazon.
Friday, June 28, 2013
Iranian Missile Program Will Lead to a 'Sputnik Moment'
While the political class is entertaining the American people and each other with fights over immigration, gun control, and climate change, ominous developments in Iran threaten to plunge the world into a global war.
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