"Fever in the Alps"

Jay Nordlinger has an interesting piece in the March 5 edition of National Review which discusses the recent Davos World Economic Forum and global warming. He lucidly and succintly describes the global warming fervor that has swept through Europe and is now seeping into mainstream American politics. In addition to discussing how global warming is, in many ways, considered to be an axiom by many, he writes of some politicians' (like John McCain) desire to become more accepting of global warming in order to score political points.

None of this should come as a surprise to those among us who understand that global warming is an effort on the part of the left to obfuscate and cloud political discourse. And naturally, John McCain is right on the "cutting edge" and betraying conservatives while doing it.

The full article will be posted as soon as possible.

Lets Hope This is the Case

This LA Times article discusses the potential impact Justice Antonin Scalia could have on some major issues the Supreme Court is due to decide this term. Guided by his originalist theory of Constitutional interpretation, Justice Scalia could help influence great change in this country in some of the "hot issues" of the day.

Now Here's a Good Idea

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Reagan Would Have Ordered Terrorist Surveillance

Ronald Reagan's well known Attorney General, Edwin Meese III, has written an article describing how he believes Reagan would have handled one aspect of the legal war against terrorists. He writes, in part:

President Reagan believed that fidelity to the Constitution was the primary responsibility of every public official and that the solemn oath he took to preserve and protect our Founding Charter was a solemn trust. But he knew the document thoroughly and understood the powers it conferred on a President as well as the limitations it prescribed.

The President's unitary executive power should be used to implement programs such as the terrorist surveillance program the New York Times disclosed last year. These programs are an important tool in the legal arena and have undoubtedly led to the capture of terrorists and/or the disruption of a terror plot. It would be irresponsible for an executive to not exercise this Constitutionally granted power.

You can read the full article here

Polish Town Remembers Reagan

This comes courtesy of the Drudge Report. Apparently, at least one Polish town is committing to winning one more for the Gipper.

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O'Connor Speaks

Sandra Day O'Connor, in a news article detailing the circumstances surrounding her retirement had this to say about the Iraq Study Group:

"I wasn't sure I should do it," she said. "It was so out of my field of judging. I don't know anything about the military."

So there you have it. The "bipartisan" committee was made up of at least one incompetant panelist in terms of developing a military and political strategy for confronting the challenges in Iraq.

There is something else that could be said, also. It is entirely possible that the committee was not concerned at all with having experts on the military sit on the panel since the document was not a military document in the least.

Either way, this revelation is just more evidence of the uselessness of the Iraq Study Group.