Last week, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas spoke at the Heritage Foundation, and I really enjoyed seeing the clips of his remarks they put together. (h/t to FR friend Rob Bluey, who is the head honcho of Heritage’s web presence, who also penned a column about Thomas that appears today on Townhall.) … Read More

Baseball, for a second… It wasn’t lost on sports fans in San Diego this week that although Padres ace Jake Peavy unanimously won the NL Cy Young Award for his "Triple Crown of Pitching" performance, an indicted Barry Bonds was getting most of the media attention. Justice must be served, of course, but one could at least hope that prosecutors might consider the timing of award announcements for the deserving — and give it a day or two — before announcing indictments of others.OK, perhaps Bonds is deserving as well. Hey Barry, have a prison sentence with that asterisk. At 30 HRs a year, A-Rod will snuff out your record in about adecade. I can’t wait.

Cal-Chamber Weighs In… Here’s the San Diego delegation’s voting record from Cal-Chamber’s 2007 Legislative Scorecard. No surprises, and it doesn’t quite strip the wheat from the chaff as much as a CRA or CRF, but it clearly exemplifies the two parties’ polar opposition on business issues. I know, I have an uncanny ability of stating the… Read More

It’s already been nearly nine years since Bill Clinton was impeached and brought to trial for charges of perjury and obstruction of justice, charges describable as having"denigrated our system of justice and those who uphold it. At best, his conduct would be characterized as brazen disregard for legal rules; at worst, an untoward combination of arrogance, deception, and guile ina setting where we demand the opposite." Conviction of a perjury charge could lead to 5 years in prison and a $250,000 fine, for obstruction, 10 years and $250,000. Pretty toughtreatment for a President, the leader of the Free World. But "ina setting where we demand the opposite" of such behaviorand deception,… Read More

FR friend and former University of California Regent Ward Connerly, who championed the successful Proposition 209 here in California to and racial quotas in public university admissions has been taking his cause to other states in the union, using the power of the ballot iniative to change discriminatory laws in those states.

Right now, he is working to qualify a measure in Oklahoma, and Connerly sent me over a link to an illuminating video of one of the signature gatherers for the measure being harassed in the parking lot by one of the most obnoxious people you have ever seen. It’s a bit lengthy, but you can get the idea in just a minute or two. Though watching it all allow you to see this racist black woman actually verbally assault the person with the video camera, taking him to task for being caucasian (she even references his "blue eyes"). The signature gatherer for the measure, who is black, never backs down. She’s an inspiration. … Read More

It’s already been nearly nine years since Bill Clinton was impeached and brought to trial for charges of perjury and obstruction of justice, charges describable as having"denigrated our system of justice and those who uphold it. At best, his conduct would be characterized as brazen disregard for legal rules; at worst, an untoward combination of arrogance, deception, and guile ina setting where we demand the opposite." Conviction of a perjury charge could lead to 5 years in prison and a $250,000 fine, for obstruction, 10 years and $250,000. Pretty toughtreatment for a President, the leader of the Free World. But "ina setting where we demand the opposite" of such behaviorand deception,… Read More

Today we are pleased to offer this Guest Commentary from Assemblyman Bill Emmerson: Government-Run Health Care Is Bad For California By Assemblyman Bill Emmerson

This week, Democrats on the Assembly Health Committee showed they weren’t interested in acting responsibly to solve California’s health care challenges by rushing through a $14 billion big government care health care scheme on a party-line vote during Wednesday’s hearing. Listening to the testimony in the hearing, it’s clear they are more interested in political stunts than real health care solutions. Many serious issues brought up by Republicans were dismissed by Democrats with little more than empty… Read More

Today we are pleased to offer this Guest Commentary from Assemblyman Bill Emmerson: Government-Run Health Care Is Bad For California By Assemblyman Bill Emmerson

This week, Democrats on the Assembly Health Committee showed they weren’t interested in acting responsibly to solve California’s health care challenges by rushing through a $14 billion big government care health care scheme on a party-line vote during Wednesday’s hearing.

Listening to the testimony in the hearing, it’s clear they are more interested in political stunts than real health care solutions. Many serious issues brought up by Republicans were dismissed by Democrats with little more than empty rhetoric.… Read More

FR Readers, we have spent a lot of time talking about the need to reform the pork-barrel mentality of Congress, which has infested elected Members of Congress from both sides of the aisle. United States Senator Jim DeMint has been on of the leaders in this battle — and he has asked bloggers around the country to help him to rich his goal of having 100,000 people sign his online petition to send a message to his colleagues — it’s time to end the madness! So, if you have a moment and agree with us here at the FR that egregious earmarks are immoral and wrong, then take a moment to watch the video below (it’s short) and sign the petition now! _____________________________________ … Read More