Today The New York Times takes a front-page look at the Butler-Gableman election fiasco, using it to highlight the contrast between the U.S.'s elected judges and the selection systems used by other countries. Comments to the article are already closed, but most of the 40 that have been posted are worth reading.
The hazards of judges' [...]

These guys are my new heroes. Truth, justice, and proper spelling and grammar! Power to the punctuation!
(Hat tip to Patrick McIlheran. Yes, really: English usage is not a conservative or liberal issue. And yes, of course this post’s title is [sic].)

Offensive. Outrageous. Inexcusable.
That was my reaction when syndicated talk radio host (on AM620 WTMJ ) Michael Savage decided to play a "Dead Kennedys" song when he announced that Ted Kennedy had been diagnosed with brain cancer.
As a person who has lost a close relative to brain cancer I can [...]

While republicans condemn democrat Barack Obama for the words of his former pastor, nothing is being said about who the GOP nominee, John McCain, is cozying up with. In this video clip, McCain calls Pastor Ralph Parsley "a moral compass, a spiritual guide". Parsley say Islam is the greatest religious enemy of the [...]

That was quite a bold stand Patrick McIlheran took in Sunday’s Journal Sentinel, disapproving of the Sheboygan mother who got drunk and shot her 8-year-old with a BB gun on a bet from her boyfriend. Seriously, who in the world is defending this woman? The Dirtbag Mothers of America?
It’s not as if McIlheran was making [...]

This is a reprint from an email sent to me. I do not know the original sources.
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To the citizens of the United States of America, in the light of your failure to elect a competent President of the USA and thus to govern yourselves, we hereby give notice of the revocation of your independence, [...]