Arnold Schwarzenegger jumps on the "Let's rebrand the Republican Party" bandwagon:
The answer for GOP presidential candidate John McCain: take a page out of the Schwarzenegger playbook and sell a product that is "counter" to the current GOP brand on issues like global warming, spending and even immigration reform.
George Bush: "Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah appeasment."
Democrats: "Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, false political attack."
Is it hopeless to expect that something useful might come of all this, or at least something more responsive than:
While following a couple of threads about the California gay-marriage decision, I ran across this two month-old post by Jim Manzi at the corner. It's about "subsidiarity" (the principle that matters ought to be handled by the smallest competent authority) and what conservatives and libertarians could learn from each other:
I was watching the state legislature this year to see what would be done about property taxes, illegal immigration and same-sex marriage, so I confess that I missed this new state law. But, since there is no penalty for not complying, it isn't exactly a real law:
New moms returning to work may find it easier to keep breast-feeding after July 1, when a new state law takes effect.
Now you know. Every time you turn on a light, you're helping kill the polar bears. It's your fault:
Here we go again -- zero-tolerance taken to absurd lengths:
Smacking a female classmate's behind has garnered a one-day suspension for a 6-year-old Hoagland Elementary student on grounds of sexual harassment, raising the ire of the boy's mother who is questioning the school's labeling of the incident.
Here we go again -- zero-tolerance taken to absurd lengths:
Smacking a female classmate's behind has garnered a one-day suspension for a 6-year-old Hoagland Elementary student on grounds of sexual harassment, raising the ire of the boy's mother who is questioning the school's labeling of the incident.
Dumb idea of the week:
One person's graffiti is the art of another, and if some local officials get their way, the talents of local vandals could soon be put to better use.
City councilman Neil Garrison, D-5th, introduced the “Graffiti Park Concept” to the Terre Haute Parks and Recreation Department's board of directors Wednesday afternoon, offering a plan to allow structured graffiti along a segment of the Heritage Trail near Twigg Rest Area.
None of the people who've been waiting for President Bush to say he's sorry for Iraq will be satisfied with this, but it's probably as close to an apology as he'll ever get:
Be suspicious of both Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton on gun rights. Why? Paul Helmke isn't upset with them:
