Democratifying the First Amendment

Magnanimous

All aboard, like it or not

Constitutional Scholar

“Bluff, baby, bluff”?

**Written by Doug Powers Here’s the latest “it’s costing twice as much as we thought” revelation from the people who are working 24/7 to make health care more affordable: Medical costs for enrollees in the health-care law’s high-risk insurance pools are expected to more than double initial predictions, the Obama administration said Thursday in a […]

Stealth altruism

She wasn’t kidding

Joestradamus

Inside information?

Waxman nostalgic

Familial clarifications

#OccupyHualalaiResort

My column is a year-end review of Democrat leader Nancy Pelosi’s congressional self-dealing and ethics covers-up. On a related note, here’s an amusing story of blue-on-blue corruption conflict: Calif. Democrat Rep. Laura Richardson (flashback here on her financial scams) attacking Pelosi’s wealth: The sources disagreed on the exact wording of the unusually direct shot at […]

I’ve written before about Cozy Nancy Pelosi and her financial stake in the eco-adventures of billionaire T. Boone Pickens. See August 2008 – Nan and the Big Wind Boone-doggle. Refresher: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called congressional Republicans who want up-or-down drilling votes “hand maidens of the oil companies.” Let’s call Pelosi what she is: House […]

**Written by Doug Powers In a recent interview, Nancy Pelosi implied that being on an ethics committee that investigated Newt Gingrich in the 1990′s put her in a position to know secrets about him that she just might be willing to spill at some point. After being called on it, Pelosi’s office now says she […]

Tales from the undrained swamp

For the children

**Written by Doug Powers Tuesday, as Michelle noted, C-Span asked the Supreme Court to allow their cameras to televise oral arguments when the Court hears the Obamacare law case next spring. Nancy Pelosi agrees: House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Wednesday that Supreme Court arguments over President Obama’s healthcare law should be televised. “When […]

Regrets, he’s had a few

A Halloween scare

Small businesses only?

**Written by Doug Powers On Thursday, Republicans brought to the House floor a bill on prohibiting federal funds from being used to pay for any part of a health plan that covers abortions under the Obamacare law. Predictably, Nancy Pelosi immediately flew into full-Pelosi mode: At a press conference on Capitol Hill today, a reporter […]

Catch-22

**Written by Doug Powers Tomorrow night, President Obama is expected to announce a $300 billion “jobs plan” (the “stimulus” that dare not speak its name). After the speech, Republicans will either be busy tailgating before the game or would rather let Obama’s “let’s try the same stuff and hope for a different result” approach serve […]