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Scott Bloch, Chutzpa is Thy Name

By MJ May 12, 20116 Comments

A few years ago, I wrote about Scott Bloch, the former head of the Office of Special Counsel under the Bush administration. The OSC was set up to protect Federal…

Is This an Attack on Traditional Marriage?

By MJ May 7, 20112 Comments

I've always heard that life was going to the dogs. Perhaps one of our learned friends over at that other political blog could tell us if this is an attack…

No Promo Homo in Tennessee

By MJ May 7, 201120 Comments

The Tennessee legislature is considering a bill that will prohibit teachers from discussing any sexuality except heterosexuality for kids in grades K-8. SB 49 is set for full Senate action…

Holocaust Memorial Day

By MJ May 1, 20112 Comments

Today is Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Memorial Day, the 27th Day of Nisan on the Jewish Calendar. It is a day that is set aside to remember the Six Million Jews…

The Wicked Witch of the West Gets Handed Her Head

By MJ April 28, 20112 Comments

I want to see more journalists do this:[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zB3W5NTAAAo&feature=share[/youtube] It's about time someone has called these nut jobs out face to face (even if O'Donnell and Taitz were on different coasts).…

Call to Action

By MJ April 22, 201145 Comments

Android has released a dog fighting app for its phones. Not only is this disgusting, but is wrong. As Sloan Quealy-Miner writes at BSL News Android who is owned by…

Naughty Boy Senator to Resign

By MJ April 21, 20117 Comments

Sen. John Ensign, who was caught screwing around with a campaign aide and then arranged for said aide's husband to get some lobbying business, is reportedly going to resign. So,…

NYPD Blues

By MJ April 16, 20113 Comments

Seems as though the NYPD over-reacted a bit in this situation. Glad I live in Delaware.

Crossing the Line (Again)

By MJ April 15, 201143 Comments

It didn't take long for some of our less informed denizens of Sussex County to blow a gasket over the passage of SB 30. Today, the Fatman over at WGMD…

The Great Debate That Wasn’t

By MJ April 12, 201115 Comments

It was billed as a debate between Sussex County Council member Vance Phillips and Sheriff Jeff "Supercop" Christopher. One came armed with facts; the other with rhetoric. Phillips and Christopher…

What the Government Shutdown Really Means

By MJ April 7, 201132 Comments

There has so much back and forth about what the shutdown of the Federal government really means, that I figured that as someone who stands to be furloughed, I would…

Leaders of the Future

By MJ March 31, 20111 Comment

Tomorrow morning at 9:00 AM, over 60 high school students will gather at Leg Hall for the 2011 edition of the Delaware YMCA's Youth in Government Model Legislature. There have been instances where the bills these kids write, debate, and vote on actually get introduced in the General Assembly. If you have some time tomorrow or Saturday, stop by Leg Hall and watch these kids in action. You might be impressed. I always am.

Triangle: Remembering the Fire

By MJ March 25, 20116 Comments

That is the name of a HBO documentary about one of the worst factory disasters in American history. Today is the 100th anniversary of this tragedy. The New York Times…