My friend Charlie writes to say that my recent post about the Toyota Tundra recall misses an important point. I had mention that Toyota plans to take away the switch that disables the passenger-side airbag when an adult isn’t sitting there. This will make the truck less safe for kids, because the airbag is dangerous […]
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Abortion is Murder?
A theoretical argument I’ve often posed may actually become a reality. When discussing abortion, I find myself asking whether a doctor and patient of an abortion procedure should be tried for murder, or even be executed. Excepting faceless folk on the Net, I usually get a no. No one has met me face to face […]
Le Pen isn’t Mightier than Le Law
Le Pen (you know, the right-wing nasty over in France) is a horror, of course. But every time someone in France or Germany goes to trial because he says something Nazi-ish, it makes me cringe a bit. More than a bit. I hear from the occasional smug European how Americans wave their flags so hard […]
Arlen Specter to Sue the Prez
Apparently the senator wants to make it legal for Congress to sue the President of the United States for refusing to enforce laws. (I blogged about this refusal, made public in the form of “signing statements,†earlier this month.) I’m sure that Specter doesn’t actually expect to pass a law like this (or get it […]
Strong Firefighters
People who want to be firefighters have to pass a physical test. That’s good. But in certain places, the physical standards for women are lower than those for men. For example, maybe men have to bench press 200 pounds, but women only have to bench press 150 pounds. I’ve always considered this to be the […]
Free Hao Wu
If there’s ever a doubt that the dollar carries more weight than the conscience, the global community’s good relations with China should put that doubt to rest. This morning, as I read about the latest disgusting squeeze that the Chinese government is putting on their press (endangering lives as a bonus), I couldn’t help thinking […]
Ponnuru Responds
Not long ago, I posted about a mostly negative book review of Ramesh Ponnuru’s Party of Death. Now we have Ponnuru’s response. (Link found on aldaily.com) [End of Post]
Acts of War
I’m sure I won’t be the last to say this, but I certainly hope that everyone we go to war with commits similar acts of war. Usually, our enemies commit unimaginative acts, such as killing Americans. But these evil geniuses have come up with a new way. Imagine the horror if the Nazis had tried […]
Bush: Constitutional Scholar
This isn’t really news any more, but it’s still worth mentioning. Presidents occasionally write a “signing statement†when they sign a bill into law. The gist might be something along the lines of, “the law is ok, but there are parts of it that I don’t think are Constitutional, and therefore I reserve the right […]
The Right to Life
John Derbyshire writes a long, playful, and often meandering book review of Party of Death, by Ramesh Ponnuru. The book apparently claims that the Democratic party is the party of death. According to amazon.com, the inside flap assures us that “It’s not just abortion-on-demand. It’s euthanasia, embryo destruction, even infanticide—and a potentially deadly concern with […]