Current Affairs

Best idea of the week month year:

Today's lesson in interpersonal relationships. Good hoax:

Casey Affleck wants to come clean.

Justice Emily Litella Sthephen Breyer clarifies his remarks on the First Amendment:

CNN's Larry King: There's no doubt that Pastor Jones, little church in Florida, had the right, he has the right to burn the Quran, doesn't he?

Yesterday, I posted about the Marion County Public Library in Indianapolis cutting back its hours at all branches so it could keep them open. That's the kind of move most big cities have had to make during the recession. In Los Angeles, they decided to be a little more drastic:

Analogy alert! In fact, we have a twofer in The Journal Gazette's story about efforts to lure new employers for the workers left behind by Navistar's departure. The first is in the headline, "Navistar workers to serve as bait." While accurate and colorful, it's a little -- what? -- tactless? The second is in the opening paragraph:

Would you people in Washington please stop helping me while I still have a shred of control left over my own life?

I noted in a post yesterday Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer's views on having a "pragmatic" view of the Constitution. Guess this is what he meant:

But Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer told me on “GMA” that he's not prepared to conclude that — in the internet age — the First Amendment condones Koran burning.

There's been a lot of discussion in conservative circles about Charles Krauthammer's (video at the link) invocation of "the Buckley rule" -- support the most conservative candidates who are electable -- regarding the GOP Senate primary race between Mike Castle and Christine O'Donnell in Delaware.

Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is one of the court's "living document" adherents rather than one of the originalist members. In his new book "Making Democracy Work," he calls it "pragmatism."

Here's an idea: Let's replace Chicago thug politics with Chinese thug politics!