The Wikipedia article on Constitutionalism predictably opens in a balanced, yet ambiguous and ultimately confusing, view of the nature of Constitutionalism. The first paragraph highlights the progressive blathering of an instrumentalist (even the "preferred" term, "legal realism," displays a delusional understanding of the impact of instrumentalism in law) view, as enunciated by Prof. Stephen M. Griffin. The second paragraph, essentially a quotation from Prof. David Fellman, gets more to the point of what real Constitutionalism is, rather than what progressives would like to believe it should be.

Jeff Miller is particularly eloquent in his examination of the hypocrisy of the "pro-choice" movement in "Stop using reality against us."

The President is developing a habit of minimizing, and even denying, the efforts of Republicans to solve the nation's problems. Every chance they get, it seems, the Republicans talk about their ideas for solving problems like high unemployment, sluggish economic growth, health care coverage gaps, energy dependency, and so on. (See, for example, "A Roadmap for America's Future.") Every chance they get, Democrats complain about the lack of cooperation from Republicans, "the party of No!" The President seems to be leading the pack in these denials, but he is followed closely by Speaker Pelosi, and even by Senator Reid. When they all get together, the mantra becomes a choral refrain. (See "Obama's Address to DNC Winter Meeting.")

"How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?" According to Wikianswers, the answer provided by New York State wildlife expert Richard Thomas is 700 pounds.

Check it out at "Justice Thomas Provides History Lesson on Corporate Freedom."

For some reason, my connection to the ADF alert list got bollixed up, so this notice is coming pretty late. See Perry v. Schwarzenegger Resource Page for details. At the end of day 9 of the trial, January 22, 2010, the defense team had yet to call any witnesses, while the plaintiffs had finished with theirs. According to the defense characterization, the plaintiffs failed in all the significant particulars of the case:

Moody's Investors Service, the top business and government credit rating institution in the world (having a 40% share of the world market in credit rating), warned yesterday that the U.S. could lose its AAA rating if the economy does not grow at the rate predicted by the 2011 Obama budget. Massive government borrowing will put downward pressure on the government's credit rating, causing creditors to raise interest rates.

Neil M. Barofsky, Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (SIGTARP), has declared oversight of the T.A.R.P. to be "a mess." In the January 30, 2010, Quarterly Report to Congress, Mr. Barofsky declared, (See, also, "TARP Cop: Some Bailout Goals Still Unmet.")

This according to a Zenit interview with Archbishop Bruno Forte, of Chieti-Vasto, president of the Italian bishops' Commission for the Doctrine of the Faith, Proclamation and Catechesis. (See "What a Theologian-Pope Tells Theology (Part 1)" and "What a Theologian-Pope Tells Theology (Part 2).")

Benedict XVI exhorts theologians to adopt an attitude of listening, replacing with the virtue of humility the temptations to consider themselves great.

This exhortation, according to Archbishop Bruno Forte of Chieti-Vasto, president of the Italian bishops' Commission for the Doctrine of the Faith, Proclamation and Catechesis, is a safeguard against the "only authentically Christian heresy."