The meaning of the Second Amendment is oftened debated and sometimes the placement of a comma becomes a focal point. We've been down that road, but it could come up with the 14th Amendment and the issue of "anchor babies." The authors of the Arizona…
Allow me to be the first to say, "Hot enough for ya?"Random thoughts here.
What, another week almost over? So soon?Time to dangle a loose thread at A Matter of Opinion for anyone who wants to (borrowing an expression from my distant, decadent youth) tie one on. One topic for conversation, that is.
U.S. District Judge Stefan Underhill in Connecticut ruled this week that competitive college cheerleading does not qualify as a sport under Title IX. The decision comes in a case filed over Quinnipiac University's plans to drop volleyball and replace it with a competitive cheerleading program.…
In the age of interactivity, what do you want your fellow Internet denizens to talk to you about this evening?
The conservative website GOPUSA called on South Carolinians to hang their heads in shame over Republican Sen. Lindsay Graham's decision to vote in favor of confirming Elena Kagan to the U.S. Supreme Court. Graham, the ranking Republican of the Senate Judiciary Committee, was the only…
The Spokane City Council voted 5-2 last night to retain responsibility for inspecting elevators here. The alternative was to turn the statutorily mandated work over to the state, which every other city in Washington except Seattle has already done.Either way, under current practices, the work…
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When are all the horrors of adopting the "everything but marriage" law going to materialize? Tour the state, and you'll see no damage. So, the Our View editorial asks, what's the big deal?
Anyone watch "Treme"? Just finished the first season. It's about a cast of characters and their lives after Katrina. If you liked "The Wire", you'll like this. Terrific story-telling. David Simon, a former reporter for the Baltmore Sun, is a genius, as far as I'm…
I mean sympathetic to Arizona's plight. So cancel the fiesta and start the celebration! Oh, and please pass the freedom fries.
It's election season. We're in the midst of endorsement interviews for the primary. Which candidates do you like and why? What questions would you ask them?
Recently finished "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis. He also wrote "Liar's Poker", another excellent book about Wall Street. This one is about the oddball characters who saw through the housing bubble and bet big that it would burst. One of them has Asperger's Syndrome…
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