Paul Rahe: Petty tyranny
In this post by Professor Paul Rahe, the gentleman Bill Buckley customarily referred to in his columns as the sainted junior senator from New York (i.e., his brother James) makes a surprise appearance. Ronald Reagan appointed the former Senator Buckley to the District of Columbia Court of Appeals in 1985; he took senior status [...]
How to Succeed in Politics Without Really Trying
As the Tribune Company reports (in nearly identical articles by the same reporters in the Chicago Tribune and the Los Angeles Times), and as noted by my old blogboss Ed Morrissey at Hot Air, President Barack H. Obama’s firing of Gerald Walpin, Inspector General of AmeriCorps — without the required notification of Congress 30 days [...]
Parliament of Porn Stars
In 1987, Italian voters elected a foreign porn star to
parliament. Anna Ilona “Cicciolina“ Staller
received 20,000 votes, the second highest number for a Radical
Party candidate. Only party leader Marco Pannella got more votes.
Cicciolina campaigned on a platform that included the right to
sex in prison, [...]
