Coffee Party holds party - 30 people show up
In a liberal response to the Tea Party movement, the St. Louis Coffee Party drew just of 30 people. And if you think that’s a big failure, java drinkers in Washington kicked off their Coffee Party with a whopping five (5) people (see link).
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Forgetful Eric
Senator John Kyl is skeptical of Attorney General Eric Holder’s claim that forgetfulness explains his failure to inform the Senate of his role in a brief supporting the position of terrorist Jose Padilla. Kyl asks: “Are we expected to believe that then-nominee Holder, with only a handful of Supreme Court briefs to his [...]
A very big "miss"
The Justice Department has admitted that Eric Holder failed to tell Congress during his confirmation process that he had contributed to a legal brief which argued that the President lacks authority to hold Jose Padilla, a U.S citizen declared an “enemy combatant,” indefinitely without charge. The Justice Department has also acknowledged what is [...]
Sessions "Deeply Concerned" Holder Didn’t Disclose Padilla Brief
In response to the news that AG Eric Holder failed to disclose a brief he signed in support of detainee Jose Padilla, Sen. Jeff Sessions, the ranking Republican on the Judiciary Committee, released this statement:
“I am deeply concerned by Attorney General Holder’s failure to disclose to the Judiciary Committee his third-party brief in support of [...]
Dartmouth fills a void, sort of
Dartmouth has announced that it will finally hire a Shakespeare specialist to replace the legendary Prof. Peter Saccio, who retired in 2005. The College has selected Brett Gamboa from the graduate program at Harvard.
It’s great that Dartmouth is filling this void. However, its failure to do so sooner meant that students [...]
Sarah Palin then and now
George Will’s latest column is, I think, almost spot-on in its discussion of Sarah Palin. My only quibble is with Will’s perhaps playful comparison of Palin to William Miller, Barry Goldwater’s nominee for vice president in 1964. Miller realized that Goldwater would be trounced and, according to some reports, went through the [...]
