Daily Archives: May 17th, 2006 «

 

What one Arizona county is doing about illegal immigration

Posted by: ST on May 17, 2006 at 10:35 pm » 15 Comments

Via the NYT: PHOENIX, May 9 — To people who say round up more illegal immigrants, Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County here has an answer: send out the posse. On Wednesday, the posse, a civilian force of 300 volunteers, many of them retired deputies, are to fan out over desert backcountry, watching for smugglers [...]

 

Bank of America pulls Boy Scout funding

Posted by: ST on May 17, 2006 at 10:14 pm » 54 Comments

A reader sent me the following link earlier this week: Boy Scout is trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind and – according to the Bank of America – discriminatory. If you have heard of Valdosta, chances are it was because of the local high school football team’s prowess at winning national championships. But today, the [...]

 

Quick clicks around the MSM and the blogosphere

Posted by: ST on May 17, 2006 at 3:57 pm » 3 Comments

I’ve compiled a list of blogposts and news items for your perusal: ST reader Dana R. Pico writes about political correctness in crime reporting. He’ll probably take a lot of flack from the usual suspects from that post, which tells you that it’s definitely worth reading. CBS’ editorial director Dick Meyer has written an article [...]

 

The immigration debate: room for middle ground?

Posted by: ST on May 17, 2006 at 2:50 pm » 30 Comments

I’ve not commented a great deal about the President’s speech on immigration because I’ve learned from last year’s experience over the Harriet Miers brouhaha and this year’s experience over the UAE port deal that sometimes you have to step back and take a breather before commenting on certain hot button issues. I was as frustrated [...]

 

“Horror star” Nancy Pelosi?

Posted by: ST on May 17, 2006 at 10:49 am » 6 Comments

Joe Gandelman, a blogger I highly respect, blogs today about what he calls the GOP’s finding of a new “horror star”: House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi. Referencing this article from the sometimes-reliable-sometimes-not-so-reliable “The Hill” website that talks about the GOP’s anti-Pelosi campaign strategy, Gandelman writes: You can hear the music starting now. That menacing cadence. [...]

 

Nah, they’re not trying to indoctrinate kids about sexual orientation, are they?

Posted by: ST on May 17, 2006 at 9:55 am » 13 Comments

If you’re a Republican who has ever gotten into a debate with an staunch advocate of teaching sexual education – including sexual orientation – in public schools, I’m sure you’ve heard the excuse of “the schools aren’t trying teaching kids to be homosexuals, they’re just teaching tolerance of the homosexual lifestyle.” It’s not an accurate [...]