When Past Is Present: What Would James Madison Do?

Pity the Poor Pervert, He Has Suffered So
When it comes to hyperbolic bullsh*t, this takes the cake:I am mostly thinking about him: Roman Polanski whom I don't know but whose fate has moved me so much. Nothing will repair the days he has spent in prison. Nothing will erase the immense, unbelievable injustice he has been subjected to. Nothing will take away the hysteria of those ones who have never stopped pouring contempt upon him, hounding him through hatred and asking for his punishment as if we were living the darkest and most ferocious hours of the McCarthysm era all over again. At least, the ni

Obama Has Been Handed a Gift
President Obama has been handed a powerful gift in the form of Climategate. This is his opportunity to show true world leadership.Now that we know that Great Britain’s CRU was not alone in making climate mischief, Obama should go to Copenhagen and announce that in light of the fact that false and faulty information has been the basis of the global warming scaremongering, now is not the time to rush

Thanksgiving
I sat next to Dad's bed and watched him sleep. Mom had gone home to get some rest. Anyway, that is what she said. The doctor was supposed to be coming in and Mom didn't want to talk to him. I told her that I would talk to him and then come over to her house. I would be better coming from me. Mom was sitting in "her" chair when I walked in. Dad's chair sat there empty. I told her that Dad wouldn't be coming home again and she just said, "I know." So we will all be home for Thanksgiving. My uncle will be here from Ohio in the morning. My son will go to the airport with me to meet my daughter and grandchildren's flight from Arizona. My brother will be here Fri

Obama Fading Fast
L.A. streetwear company Freshjive has put out a new tee shirt called Hope is Fading Fast, a takeoff of the "Hope" poster by Shepard Fairey. Apparently, Freshjive founder Rick Katz doesn't much like anyon

Apologies Will Be Forth Coming In 4, 3, 2...Never Mind
Now that we've learned that Bill Sparkman committed suicide I'm sitting here listening to the crickets chirp while I wait for the Left to apologize for smearing pretty much everyone on the Right and pretty much everyone in my former home state of Kentucky when news of Sparkman's death first surfaced.Andrew Sullivan claims that he has nothing to apologize for. Here's what Sully originally wrote: