A little nuclear poker. President Obama opens
:President Obama is nothing if not ambitious -- which is why the new nuclear arms reduction treaty signed today is seen as a way station to his ultimate goal of a world without nuclear weapons.
Mahmoud Ahmadinijod raises:
Here's a way to get guns off the streets I suspect all sides in the debate can agree to:
Ernest R. Snow, 44, Indianapolis, was sentenced to 15 years in prison today by U.S. District Judge Larry J. McKinney following his guilty plea to being a felon in possession of a firearm.
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This judge's ruling seems to be based on a very narrow definition of the establishment clause:
A federal judge on Thursday struck down the federal statute that established the National Day of Prayer, ruling that it violates the constitutional ban on government-backed religion.
That's me -- one of the few, the proud, the handful of people who actually pay for things . . .
Almost nobody likes tax day, but people may look back nostalgically on tax day 2010 and those of earlier years because, almost certainly, taxes are going up in the future, and they may go up a lot. With hindsight, tax day 2010 may seem almost dreamy.
No matter how often the Malthusians are wrong, they just keep talking:
Even revered former astronauts get caught up in the partisan divide:
When President Barack Obama finally details (and defends) his plan for the future of manned spaceflight in Florida this Thursday, he will face opposition from a slew of Apollo-era astronauts who are disappointed that the budget cuts near-term plans for a moonshot. But one lunar-walking astronaut will be in the president's corner—Buzz Aldrin.
Ordinary people, arise. Your time has come:
World leaders are heading for Washington to discuss what Barack Obama has described as "the most immediate and extreme threat to global security" - the risk that terrorists could acquire a nuclear bomb.
. . . that makes border security even more important, doesn't it?
Sen. Jon Kyl on ABC's "This Week" yesterday:
Aliens exist and they live in our midst disguised as humans -- at least, that's what 20 percent of people polled in a global survey believe.
The story says most of the blievers are under 35 and across all income classes. Of those who do not believe, most are women. I'll let someone else do the flip comments on this one.
The news moves so quickly today it can be hard to keep up:
None of this public vacillating can be good news for the White House. The longer Stevens ponders his departure, the more time opponents of his yet-to-be-named successor have to gear up.
