Robert F. Kennedy : In His Own Words (Featuring Speeches Given by Robert F. Kennedy plus Eulogy by Edward Kennedy)
The Blue Voice (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
Reading about the dramatic events connected with the passing of the House health care bill, I was struck by the role played by the religious right and its allies in the powerful right wing of the Catholic Church. Suzy Khimm, writing at The Plank noted the recent collaboration between the tea party nutjobs and the religious right . Amy Sullivan, writing in Time , reminded us of the hatefulness of Catholic...
2008 Democratic Convention Watch (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
This was nowhere on my radar until I received an email (H/T Helen). We're all focused on the health care vote in the Senate, but after that, we need to think about protecting our 59 or so votes (NO - I do NOT count TLB) for issues going forward. One stalwart, INCREDIBLY DELICIOUSLY PROGRESSIVE Democratic vote belongs to Frank Lautenberg. Here is an overview of his voting record. And it's a long record,...
eat these crumbs (Free subscription) | 15 hours ago
Personal stories of medical tragedies from Canada and the U.K. have circulated in the heat of the healthcare reform debate, along with myths and outright propaganda (e.g. Republican Chuck Grassley claiming that Ted Kennedy would have been left untreated, to die in the U.K.; Sarah Palin and death panels). Unfortunately, doctors in all parts of the world are not perfect. Iatrogenic disease (disease caused...
Free Advice (Free subscription) | 21 hours ago
The virtue of the Public Choice school of economics--which basically applies standard economic analysis to political behavior, with the slight change that politicians want to maximize not profits but reelection chances, and bureaucrats want to maximize their budget and power--is that it makes sense out of the world. If you as an economist tried to understand the various policies coming out of DC, your...
HolyCoast.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Don Surber tells us about the latest scandal involving the Massachusetts congressmen who helped to destroy the housing market: “FOX25 has learned that Congressman Barney Frank was present during a marijuana arrest at James Ready’s home in Ogunquit, Maine. Ready is well-known for his relationship with Congressman Frank,” Fox 25 in Boston reported . Lenny Bruce predicted 50 years ago...
Say Anything (Free subscription) | 22 hours ago
Cute kid, and his point is well made, but stunts like this always make me uncomfortable. Embedded video from CNN Video I just don’t like this sort of emotional politics. It’s not quite as bad as the Democrats all but digging up Ted Kennedy out of his grave and dragging him to the House floor, but I’d rather they leave the infants at home.
PersonaNonData (Free subscription) | yesterday
Several publishers reported earnings this week. Simon & Schuster ( CBS ) Publishing revenues for the third quarter of 2009 increased 2% to $230.4 million from $225.0 million for the same prior-year period reflecting the timing of the release of titles. Best-selling titles in the third quarter of 2009 included Arguing with Idiots by Glenn Beck and Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger. In constant...
TalkLeft (Free subscription) | yesterday
I've never thought Martha Coakley would make a good U.S. Senator. I'm even more convinced now that she has signed her name to a brief restricting death penalty appeals , while claiming to be against the death penalty. The case, which comes as Coakley is battling for votes in the Democratic Senate primary, involves a convicted murderer from Alabama who has appealed his case to the Supreme Court, on...
SWAC Girl (Free subscription) | yesterday
I'm blessed to have wonderfully thoughtful and informed readers of this blog who send links to interesting articles, share their dreams for this country, and offer encouragment that is very much appreciated. Friday night I received the following from one of the 9/12 March on Washington patriots. He shared some research links and ended with a few thoughts. I think it's reflective of many Americans at...
American Conservative University (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Show 472 Michael Medved talks to Peter Schweizer author of Architects of Ruin. From Conservative Book Service about Architects of Ruin- REVEALED: How and why an unscrupulous gang of Leftist activists and pols (including Barack Obama) savaged the housing market, laying waste to the economy Architects of Ruin by Peter Schweizer It happened so quickly: in 2008, the housing market went bust, leading to...
CVSTOS FIDEI (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
CVSTOS FIDEI FRIDAY EDITION Rick Santorum "Appalled" at Catholic Bishops - Matthew Arcbold, Crtv Mnrty Rprt George Washington and Catholics - Donald R. McClarey, The American Catholic Remember the Fifth of November - Jay Anderson, Pro Ecclesia Search for the Historical Jesus: Gospel According to Whom? - Eric Brown, TAC The Troublesome Term "Secular" - Michael Novak, InsideCatholic...
Nicholas Stix, Uncensored (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
A friend and colleague wrote at 6:33 p.m.: The turd that killed the soldiers at Fort Hood was (a convert to) Muslim. Did anyone really expect that he'd be a Mormon or an Orthodox Jew or a Catholic? Every time, some dipwad does this to his own soldiers, it's always 'mysteriously' a Muslim from that 'Religion of Pieces'. And of course, the media doesn't want to dare 'speculate' on the motives. But don't...
Blue Jersey: Covering NJ like a rug (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
We are now in the 72-hour waiting period as Democrats move to a vote in the House of Representatives that will likely be on Saturday . Senator Ted Kennedy's recent memoir reminded us all how long a struggle this has been for our party. There's no doubt that in such a major bill, with millions of people and billions of dollars at stake, that man compromises have been made. This reform bill fundamentally...
HillBuzz (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Here’s an update on the Cape Wind Energy Project that Ted Kennedy, the man who allowed Mary Jo Kopechne to drown in tidal waters while he went back to drink more alcohol at one of his many parties, fought tooth and nail (and bottle of scotch) for YEARS. It’s going to a vote soon to determine [...]
Boston Herald (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
BOSTON - Gov. Deval Patrick says he's staying out of the Massachusetts Democratic Senate primary based on advice he got from the man the candidates are trying to replace:...
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bsalmons | 26/08/2009
Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., died without realizing what he called "the cause of my life" — an overhaul of the nation's health care system. Battling brain cancer when he returned to the Senate this year, Kennedy decided to give up his seat on the Senate Judiciary Committee so he could focus on his work as chairman of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, where he began drafting a health
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