The headline is unintentionally ironic because it speaks to the now temporary nature of what were once considered rights the government could not infringe upon, no matter what John Roberts would say hundreds of years on. Just thought I’d point that out. You’re welcome.

Bill Wilson, ALG, responds: In the past 30 years, the national debt has increased 1,328 percent from $1.1 trillion to $16.3 trillion. […] What will the national debt be in 2042? An historically “modest” tripling to $50 trillion? Or perhaps a mind-boggling $100 trillion? But not to worry, says New York Times pundit Paul Krugman. No matter how large it gets, we can’t default on our debt. “[W]e have our

It’s cliche, I know, but we’ve nearly reached an Orwellian singularity: The Washington state Health Department will be changing marriage and divorce certificates in response to the same-sex marriage law that takes effect Dec. 6. Words such as “bride,” ”groom,” ”husband” and “wife” will likely be gone. The department wants to use gender-neutral terms. Spokesman Tim Church told KIRO-FM […] they could be replaced with something like “Spouse A” and

I wrote about this probably going on a year ago, and at the time it seemed like some sort of wild-eyed conspiracy theory, even to many on “our” side.  But look at the facts:  we have an insatiable government spending over a trillion dollars beyond its yearly means, with politicians breaking their no-tax pledges to bleed “the rich” in the name of “economic patriotism.” Do you really think that such

Turns out that, per the government, it’s all about relativity: The federal government now considers a family of four in New York City to be poor if its pre-tax income is below $37,900.Even with full medical coverage. The calculation helps explain why newly revised Census Bureau figures hike the number of poor Americans to 49 million as of last year, further widening an already yawning gap between ordinary perceptions of

It’s an existential truism. And I have a feeling the GOP is preparing to do just that on tax hikes, else why play along with the hysterics of the “fiscal cliff” sham — even to the point of declaring that those of us who are against raising taxes on “the rich” are somehow less patriotic than those who, with the stroke of a pen, can simply pilfer what they want

Which we knew before the Obama victory.  Both of them, actually. Good thing we’re allowed, finally, to speak of it, though.  That way we can vent without fear of turning off those moderates and independents who went and voted yet again for Obama! Checkmate!