…but don’t come crying to me when you realize what you’ve done. If you want to increase the bitterness, brutality, and extremism of American politics, by all means, eliminate the Electoral College. Otherwise, think again. People get all surprised when … Continue reading
A few thoughts on Romney’s speech: (1) I am glad that he said he was “humbled” by the nomination. It is a lie, of course, just as it will be a lie when President Obama says it next week, but … Continue reading
Very nearly everyone is confused about how the Ryan Medicare reform works. It’s not just you. Two-thirds of the people who are getting paid to talk about it in the news media have no idea what the plan is. I … Continue reading
This appendix expands on my discussion, in Part IV, of the constitutionality of §939.75(2)(b)(1) of the Wisconsin Code if the Personhood Amendment passes AND Roe v. Wade is overturned by the Supreme Court at some future date AND abortion-rights advocates … Continue reading
This post is a direct continuation of Part III of my series on Personhood Wisconsin. I am not even stopping to breathe, much less to recap the discussion for those of you just joining us. If you want to catch … Continue reading
If you have not read my introduction to the Wisconsin Personhood initiative, please read that first. You might also wish to read the second article in this series, which discussed Wisconsin Right-to-Life’s public claims about the Personhood Amendment. We now … Continue reading
If you have not read my introduction to the Wisconsin Personhood initiative, please read that first. This post deals with Wisconsin Right-to-Life’s public claims about Personhood. For a discussion of the (substantially different) arguments employed by its legal white paper, … Continue reading
The battle for the soul of the pro-life movement is being waged between a pair of cheap office suites in the Milwaukee suburbs. In the challenger’s corner, scrappy Pro-Life Wisconsin is working to pass an amendment to the Wisconsin Constitution … Continue reading
This week saw some briefs filed in the lawsuit over Secretary of State Mark Ritchie’s attempt to unilaterally change the title of the Minnesota Marriage Amendment. The briefs are the first real meat in the case, and help clarify some … Continue reading
One of the things that makes it difficult to track the Divorce Revolution of the late ’60s and ’70s (and its many dire consequences) is the fact that, after California “started” the revolution on January 1, 1970, the effective date … Continue reading