Monthly Archives: July 2005

To being Justice Judy that is. . . All eyes are on Washington waiting for the next SCOTUS vacancy.

The rumor mill is running at full tilt. O’Connor, Rehnquist, and now possibly Stevens? A conservative hat-trick to coincide with the return of hockey season?! Perhaps not, but a guy can hope, can’t he?

The preliminary texts of a new Vatican document regarding the Eucharist are being prepared for the October synod. What’s interesting is that when Pope Benedict XVI and others spoke of a smaller, more faithful Catholic Church, he probably had this … Continue reading →

Yes, this is a bone tossed out to see if anyone will chew on it for awhile, but I’m glad I haven’t been the first to mention this possibility: I have no idea if Judy Sheindlin is a Republican or … Continue reading →

Yet another new blog joins the ODBA: criesinthenight, who has a great read on the focus of the First Things article on The New Fusionism between social conservatives and neo-conservatives: At the core of the welfare state is one message: … Continue reading →

For those of you who haven’t met her yet, Caroline Elizabeth is our bouncy, happy 7-month old little lady. Cute as a button, and already does a good job of keeping the boys in line.

To which I say BRING IT ON: Schumer proudly declared: “We are contemplating how we are going to go to war over this.” Schumer went on to say how hard it was to predict how a Supreme Court justice would … Continue reading →

The Summer Olympics in 2012 are to be held in London, not Paris: With a Gallic shrug, a stunned Paris – long considered the favourite – tried to make a graceful recovery. Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin congratulated London and … Continue reading →

Norman and I have been engaging in a discussion about the impact and value of blogging on Virginia politics, inspired by this morning’s article in the Washington Post. Personally, I think it has tremendous value. “Inside baseball” is the phrase … Continue reading →

Now what bothers me about this isn’t the article itself, or even the idea that China and Russia are engaging in this type of alliance (though it should bother those pre-occupied with a Sino-Russian resurgency). What should bother folks is … Continue reading →