You say fidelity to the Constitution and deference to law makers, she says empathy and policy creation. Tomato, tomatoh.

California’s State Supreme Court upheld Prop 8 today. More than a victory for traditional marriage, this was a victory for the rule of law, regarding California’s referendum process. Ed Morrissey notes that because the gay marriages that were performed during the interim are grandfathered, this opens the door to years of competing referenda, and that’s true. What we’ll see is people arguing equal protection grounds, even though the argument is

Doug Ross: A tipster alerted me to an interesting assertion. A cursory review by that person showed that many of the Chrysler dealers on the closing list were heavy Republican donors. To quickly review the situation, I took all dealer owners whose names appeared more than once in the list. And, of those who contributed to political campaigns, every single one had donated almost exclusively to GOP candidates. While this

…”they don’t boo nobodies.” Which, if that’s the case, who knows? — maybe there’s hope for me yet… Here’s wishing you all a great remainder of the holiday weekend. Now that I seem to have both the pragmatic right and the progressive left aligned firmly against me, I figure I’ve earned myself a bit of guacamole on my vacation burger. OUTLAW! (h/t Dan)

We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. But, in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate–we cannot consecrate–we cannot hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to

I saw the headline and thought, “OH, NOES! THEY GOT CHENEY!” Phew! At least they got the sex and skin color right.

HR 1913, The Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act, and its companion bill S. 909, the Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act threaten us with targeted censorship, attacks on religious freedom, and outrageous protections for pedophilia and other deviant behavior. Even prominent gay activists like Andrew Sullivan say that this legislation is unnecessary and dishonest. But if these arguments aren’t enough to cause you to grab a pitchfork and

One of the lyrics from “America the Beautiful”. O beautiful for heroes proved In liberating strife. Who more than self their country loved And mercy more than life! America! America! May God thy gold refine Till all success be nobleness And every gain divine! See what she did, there?

Via Power and Control comes a link to Doug Giles’s review of The Ultimate Man’s Survival Guide: Recovering the Lost Art of Manhood. As most of my regular readers know, one of my favorite whipping posts is the metrosexual male imago the man-haters are successfully saddling our sons with. This Puss-in-Boots culture detests men who would be men. That’s why parents and grandparents who loathe what the media and various