Lansing — Republican state Rep. Matt Maddock has filed a federal lawsuit against Democratic House Speaker Joe Tate and House Business Office employees for refusing to use taxpayer resources to
by Jay Marshall Wolman From time to time, I read the blog “A Public Defender” by the pseudonymous Gideon. Today, in the wake of Justice Scalia’s death, he decided to
by Jay Marshall Wolman Despair thy charm, And let the angel whom thou still hast served Tell thee, Macduff was from his mother’s womb Untimely ripped. -Macbeth, Act V, Scene
“If you protest, you’re just inciting the police to shoot you, so what do you expect?” Pretty stupid, huh? How about, “if you don’t want people to protest, then don’t
During his 1944 campaign for President, N.Y. Governor Thomas Dewey argued that permitting Pres. Roosevelt to have a fourth term was a dangerous threat to freedom. Gov. Dewey lost in
This is a pretty familiar story line. A businessman wants to open a strip club. Some members of the local community decide that they do not want that kind of
This is not a Star Trek order. There are no pithy jokes here. There is, however, a shocking exposé of just how insidious the government can be in coercing silence
You may have noticed that the writing has been a bit slow as of late. Well, one of the things that has been taking our attention away has been an
In an online flame war spanning across party lines, conservative bloggers say they have been targeted recently for blogging about Brett Kimberlin, a man who was convicted in the 1980s
This is a pretty compelling idea. For the first 140 years of the republic, the House increased in size with the population in varying degrees, going from 65 members originally
A thought-provoking essay over at Taki’s Magazine explores the issue. (here)
