“Happy Holidays”, or even the parody “Happy RamaHannuKwansMas”, is more acceptable than “Merry Christmas” if you believe those who strive to take everything Christian out of celebrations surrounding December 25th (is that P.C. enough for you?). They would have us extract nativity scenes, songs mentioning Jesus or any other religious themes, and be left with […]

“Posterity! you will never know how much it cost the present generation to preserve your freedom! I hope you will make a good use of it If you do not, I shall repent in Heaven that I ever took half the pains to preserve it.”
- John Adams letter to his wife Abigail Adams, 26 April […]

HJR 8 was introduced in the Ohio House on Dec. 3. It was up for a vote on Wednesday Dec 10, but was successfully curtailed - for now. If passed, Ohio would have been considered the 33rd state to call for a Convention. Only 34 States are needed.
Many states already have a […]

Division Street has a great post on the Op-Ed that Axelrod wrote in the Tribune in 2005 arguing in favor of patronage.

The democratic process is often messy. Diverse constituencies fight fiercely for their priorities. Their elected representatives use the influence they have to meet those needs, including sometimes the exchange of favors - consideration for […]

From Fox News:
U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald on Tuesday accused Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich of participating in a “political corruption crime spree” that was a blatant effort to sell the state’s U.S. Senate seat in the latest “pay-to-play” scheme in Illinois politics.
From the Associated Press:
The 51-year-old Democrat was also accused of engaging in pay-to-play politics — […]

President-Elect Obama was asked whether the government should be pressuring banks to make loans to businesses with bad prospects, in order to ensure that workers get contractually-guaranteed severance pay and/or avoid layoffs.
Once again, the government is pressuring banks to give risky loans.
From National Review Online:
Today Obama’s ally, Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, ordered all state agencies […]

PRESS RELEASE: 12.08.08 7:20 pm
Cort Wrotnowski’s emergency application for a stay and/or injunction as to the Electoral College meeting on Dec. 15 was today referred to the full Court by the Honorable Associate Justice Anotonin Scalia. It has been distributed for Conference of Friday December 12. The official case name is WROTNOWSKI […]

SAN DIEGO — An F-18 military jet approaching a Marine base crashed near a busy highway in a densely populated San Diego neighborhood Monday, sparking at least one house fire.

MOSCOW (AP) - A Russian warship will sail through the Panama Canal this week for the first time since World War II, the navy announced Wednesday, pushing ahead with a symbolic projection of Moscow’s power in a traditional U.S. zone of influence.
The destroyer Admiral Chabanenko will arrive Friday at a former U.S. naval base in […]

American teenagers are lying, stealing and cheating more at alarming rates according to a recent study.
The attitudes and conduct of some 29,760 high school students across the United States “doesn’t bode well for the future when these youngsters become the next generation’s politicians and parents, cops and corporate executives, and journalists and generals,” the non-profit […]