Of course, he’s a lefty Sheila July 15, 2009 Photo by Jeff Roberson/AP That’s the point the Chicago Tribune made today in it’s coverage of Tuesday Read More
Rhetorical subterfuge at fed health Sheila July 14, 2009 It’s easier to fool the people when a) the subject is already complex and convoluted and b) you spin Read More
What they’re really saying in that Senate Sheila July 13, 2009 This is some novel reporting, and better than a lot of other Senate/Court coverage out there right now. In Read More
That was then, this is now Sheila July 13, 2009 Among the morning’s opening remarks by various senators on the Senate Judiciary Committee at the start of Sotomayor’s Read More
The role of the court is the Sheila July 13, 2009 The Senate confirmation hearings on Judge Sonia Sotomayor offer us the opportunity to see the divide between the ideologies of Read More
“New American gospel”? Sheila July 12, 2009 That’s what this Time article claims President Obama is better able to spread to the world after his meeting Read More
When they say stem cell research…. Sheila July 12, 2009 …..first ask ‘which kind?’, to clarify if the topic is embryonic or adult or cord blood (or other) stem cells. Read More
Settle down with the pope Sheila July 11, 2009 The Saturday morning business shows on cable television news networks always have lively roundtable discussions of the current headlines as Read More
More abortion, fewer ‘undesirables’ Sheila July 10, 2009 It’s not a stretch to see Justice Ginsburg’s remarks in the New York Time’s interview as saying Read More
Ginsburg drops a bomb Sheila July 10, 2009 This goes beyond staunch support for abortion. Is Ginsburg a eugenicist? U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg seems Read More