Yesterday Janet Napolitano’s replacement as Governor of Arizona, Jan Brewer, signed a law which essentially says Arizona’s law enforcement personnel can stop anyone who looks like an illegal immigrant and ask them for their identity papers. From Article 8 of Arizona SB 1070 (.pdf): For any lawful contact made by a law enforcement official or …
This is a letter to the editor of the morning paper, expressing dismay at its endorsement of Democrat Ed Case for Congress in the upcoming special election. What’s surprising is who wrote it: Dick Port, former Chair of the Hawai’i Democratic Party. Port reminds us of an episode Case would like to have us forget: …
News item: WellPoint routinely targets breast cancer patients Shortly after they were diagnosed with breast cancer, each of the women learned that her health insurance had been canceled. [snip] The women paid their premiums on time. Before they fell ill, neither had any problems with their insurance. Initially, they believed their policies had been canceled …
Well now. The US Senate is about to disclose e-mail evidence showing that “executives from Standard & Poor’s and Moody’s Investors Service acknowledge compromising the integrity of ratings to win business from big Wall Street firms.” And: Another e-mail to be unveiled at Friday’s hearing features a Standard & Poor’s employee angrily complaining to a …
Gosh, I’m shocked. In recent years, at least twenty Fox News personalities have endorsed, raised money, or campaigned for Republican candidates or causes, or against Democratic candidates or causes, in more than 300 instances and in at least 49 states. Republican parties and officials have routinely touted these personalities’ affiliations with Fox News to sell …
We know about the filibuster, the usage of which has spiked dramatically since the Dems took over effective control of the Senate in 2006. Holds, however, are less well known. Republican Senators are currently using (or abusing) the practice to keep some 217 nominees to various positions within the Administration from getting confirmation votes on …
Blurb: Alliances are forged and broken as Locke and Jack merge their camps. Ryan Alan Sepinwall EW pre-episode folderol EW Instant Recap EW upon-further-reflection Recap Including tonight, there are only six episodes left. I’m still unclear on how they can possibly wind this up; there’s been precious little explanation even this late in the final …
In the Shape of a Heart — one of the most poignant break-up songs I’ve ever heard. From the 1986 album Lives in the Balance. Performed on the long-running German television program Rockpalast.
Emmylou Harris and Mark Knopfler in Sweden on their “All the Roadrunning” Tour.
Say what you will about Manny Ramirez, he has one helluva sense of the dramatic. With one man on base and the Dodgers down 1-0 in the bottom of the eighth he pinch-hit for the pitcher and promptly hit the ball into the left-field pavilion to put the Dodgers ahead 2-1. Broxton came in and …