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Archive for May, 2022
How to score in a tight baby market
Justices fixing to erase Roe v. Wade from the law have spoken of wanting to increase the “domestic supply of babies” (details here). Apparently there’s a shortage. I didn’t realize there’s an adoption market similar to the real estate market — it’s not somet[...]
May 10th, 2022 - 1:45 am § in Christianity, Politics
GOP campaign tactic: No reporters
They don’t want you to see, hear, or know what they stand for. They just want you to vote for them. And govern you. A CNN reporter says “midterm campaigns, many of them Republican, are widely shutting out local papers, local TV stations and national reporters” from their rallies ([...]
Where should protesters protest?
Let’s start with the First Amendment, which says, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Gove[...]
How to look like a bleating fool
“After protests erupted over the news that the high court is poised to gut the landmark abortion rights decision Roe v. Wade,” Huffington Post wrote, Clarence Thomas “chided Americans for being incapable of ‘living with’ rulings they don’t like and complained that a l[...]
Is Putin planning to blow himself up?
Ahead of Russia’s Victory Day, which that country celebrates with a giant military parade on May 9 of every year to commemorate Nazi Germany’s surrender, it was thought that Putin would declare victory in the besieged city of Mariupol, declare war against Ukraine (upgrading the current &[...]
May 9th, 2022 - 2:54 am § in Donald Trump, Economics
Are unions coming back?
After World War 2, industrial unions were the economic backbone of the middle class. Since then, vast numbers of blue-collar jobs have been eliminated by offshoring of manufacturing and automation of what remained, and concerted conservative political attacks against organized labor, starting with R[...]
May 8th, 2022 - 7:34 pm § in Law and Courts, Politics
GOP contradicts itself again
Republicans who control the Supreme Court appear poised to strike down Roe v. Wade, the 1973 abortion rights decision, on grounds the legality of abortion should be left to states. But along comes Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell saying Congress could arrive state laws allowing abortion. McConnell [...]
May 8th, 2022 - 7:00 pm § in Law and Courts
Anti-abortion group’s office torched
A Mother’s Day arson fire damaged an office in Madison, Wisconsin, housing a group that lobbies against abortion rights (see story here). A passerby spotted the fire and reported it around 6 a.m. Sunday. Investigators said molotov cocktails were thrown through the windows, and a threatening gr[...]