Wow. While I was on R & R and not paying attention, it looks like the war on terror ended:
Out with the global war on terror. In with more narrowly targeted counterterrorism policies that persistently zero in on violent extremists at home and abroad.
Another poll I don't have much faith in:
PRINCETON, N.J., May 27 (UPI) --
A majority of Americans said they believe the federal government today wields too much power, a Gallup Daily tracking survey released Monday indicated.[. . .]
Forget the great outdoors.
The Department of Consumer Affairs has sent notice to 17 New York restaurants, telling them that that they will have to close their sidewalk seating areas unless they are willing to comply with the city’s zoning regulations.
Because of the Justice Department's overreach in trying to find out who was leaking stuff to The Associated Press, one of my least favorite schemes is back -- a national press shield law, which, sad to say, Gov. Mike Pence has long been an advocate of. I tend to agree with the questions raised by Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin:
Pretty good news to welcome me back from vacation -- "To the Horror of Global Warming Alarmists, Global Cooling Is Here":
This might be the most outrageous piece of statistical crap you'll see this year:
U.S. taxpayers are paying more to deal with climate change than for education or roads.
Two D.C. councilmembers said Thursday that they support some form of mandate that gun owners carry liability insurance, but they would have to overcome the objections of Mayor Vincent Gray for the District of Columbia to become the nation’s first jurisdiction to require such coverage.
Whoops. Guess we have a little work to do:
Indiana didn’t just get an F in a state-by-state comparison of laws requiring outside groups to report their campaign spending.
The state got a zero.
David Axelrod asks how President Obama can know what mischief his underlings are creating when the government is just so darn big:
