An interesting take on Hamden. Love this line:
Ironically, Justice Thomas refers to Justice Stevens’ “unfamiliarity with the realities of warfare”; but Stevens served in the U.S. Navy from 1942 to 1945, during World War II. Thomas’s official bio, by contrast, contains no experience of military service.
It seems there’s more than one reason why Thomas is the model justice for Bush, Limbaugh, and company.
Why do they hate our freedoms?
“[W]ere it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.”
—Thomas Jefferson, 1787
Sometimes these days I look around and wonder if I have woken up in a different country. In the past few days I’ve heard a number of people on TV and the radio claiming that the NY TImes, not the leakers, should be prosecuted for a story regarding what the government is doing.
At first glance ardent civil libertarians might be forgiven for not taking this talk seriously. But as Atrios notes, it’s time for thos in the media to confront the newspaper police:
As treason charges against the New York Times (but not, oddly, the Wall Street Journal) are getting thrown around on various “respectable” news outlets by people working in “journalism” I think it’s probably time for the serious reporters at those outlets to inform management that their resignations will be forthcoming if it doesn’t stop.
You’d think that by now elite journalists, especially the Washington press corps, would have had enough with the treatment and threats its received from the Bush administration. But apparently special government access carries an awfully high price.
Senators Alexander and Frist vote against increasing the Federal minimum wage.
The minimum wage has not been adjusted for inflation in nine years. During that period, Members of Congress have received seven pay raises.
According to this calculation, the Congressional pay-to-minimum-wage ratio (15.7 – 1) has reached a level achieved only once (1994) during the past 60 years. I guess Senators Alexander and Frist are shooting for the record.
Stephen Colbert gave the commencement address at Knox College. A sample:
But you have one thing that may save you, and that is your youth. This is your great strength. It is also why I hate and fear you. Hear me out. It has been said that children are our future. But does that not also mean that we are their past? You are here to replace us. I don’t understand why we’re here helping and honoring them. You do not see union workers holding benefits for robots.
Great stuff.
Three national news channels are devoting live coverage to the announcement. Shock waves being felt by the millions of NCAA lacrosse fans across America.
