Politics and other nightmares

If the Heritage Foundation and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers agree on something, either the world as we know it is coming to an end, or a serious problem is being addressed:

Question of the day: Can a common-sense Hoosier (former Indianapolis Mayor Stephen Goldsmith) teach Nyoo Yawkers a thing or two about the reasonable limits of government? Goldsmith has been hired by Mayor Michael Bloomberg as the new deputy mayor:

But if his red state politics stand out in a city of true-blue democrats, the appointment of Goldsmith is a clear indication that Bloomberg will make belt-tightening a key component of his third term in office.

Former Mayor and current Brady Campaign head Paul Helmke seems to be encouraging -- or at least delighting in -- one-issue voting. Guess which issue:

The Indiana primary . . .  could result in some long-time NRA favorites in the GOP taking some serious hits.

Most prominently, the NRA seems to have taken an “anybody but Coats” approach to the Republican U.S. Senate primary for the open seat being vacated by Evan Bayh.

Direct from Washington, D.C. (where else?) what will certainly be the oxymoron of the year, if not the decade:

Two immovable facts face Democrats on President Obama's fiscal commission: They don't see any way to alleviate the country's debt without raising taxes, and they know most voters hate the thought of any tax increase.

Just because someone is "homeless," that doesn't mean he doesn't understand the way the world works:

William Riley doesn't have a mailing address or, for that matter, a home.

Nevertheless, he wants to be counted by the U.S. Census Bureau.

Riley is among many transient individuals in the area who say they have yet to be counted.

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I guess my definitions of "authentic" and "life of truth" must differ a little from John Edwards' definitions, or at least from Rielle Hunter's:

Help him do what?" asked Oprah, speaking for us all.

"See his authentic self. Be more his authentic self so people could see who he really was," Rielle offered.

"And how were you planning on doing that?" asked Oprah.

Lordy, how time flies:

DEPENDING on which side you were on, Saigon either fell on April 30, 1975, or it was liberated. Inside Vietnam, the day is marked as Liberation Day — but outside, among the Vietnamese refugees, it is called Deep Resentment Day. (The resentment is not just over losing a war, but also a country.)

All those lives wasted, pledged to a promise we had no intention of keeping. "Deep resentment" hardly covers it.

One of the things I've disagreed with Mike Pence on is his support of a national shield law for journalists. Here's what I said last year:

Not everyone is on board with a new Navy policy (hey, don't blame me, the lousy pun was in the headline):

Despite concerns from critics over privacy, costs and the possibility of sexual activity, the Navy says it's ready, willing, able, and now ready to put women on submarines.

If we put that story together with this one,

The Mike Downs Political Center at IPFW has done Republican primary polling on both the U.S. Senate race and the 3rd District congressional race, and Dan at Angry White Boy is first with the news, as far as I can tell. In the 3rd, incumbent Mark Souder has 35 percent, followed by Bob Thomas at 29, Phil Troyer at 19 percent and Greg Dickman at 2 percent.  Another 16 percent are undecided.