A radically different Boxer amendment Sheila September 20, 2008 During a Senate Environment and Public Works Committee meeting on environmental regulation, California Senator Barbara Boxer made a dramatic statement. Read More
As if there were unity in recent Sheila September 19, 2008 Politicians are always after ‘the Catholic vote’, and usually the ones who make the headlines (meaning ones the media pay Read More
Talk about ill conceived… Sheila September 18, 2008 A great many legal scholars have always regarded Roe as bad law and ungrounded in the Constitution. Even a great Read More
Dueling ads get some scrutiny Sheila September 17, 2008 They wash over us, these images and charges in ads on the screen. Political opponents are trying to ‘compare and Read More
The state of feminism in America Sheila September 17, 2008 Does it still exist in the form it has since the early days of the movement? Is there a new Read More
The coattail factor in the election Sheila September 16, 2008 Who would have thought, say….a month ago…..that Sen. Obama would need state congressional races to give him any Read More
The map’s changing colors Sheila September 16, 2008 We’ve got change in America, alright. Was it the one Obama supporters counted on? Hardly. The dust has settled Read More
Debate between an abortion survivor and an Sheila September 16, 2008 That was the one Monday evening on the Hannity & Colmes in which Gianna Jessen was the guest between the noted Read More
Sure, political campaigns mislead at times Sheila September 15, 2008 But some distortions are more seriously offensive than others. The baffling case of professor Doug Kmiec continually making claims about Read More
Weapons of choice Sheila September 14, 2008 It’s one thing to talk in anti-gun, anti-violence rhetoric, which somehow winds up being associated with liberals. But some Read More