A few days ago, CNN ran a Jeanne Meserve report on Internet privacy. It was brief and superficial and concluded with the obvious warning that every time you hit send or enter, your information is launched into the infinity of cyberspace. Forget privacy. Anything you put out there, anywhere, can be found by someone with … Continue reading There’s no such thing as Internet privacy
On the Chris Matthews Show this morning,the panelists seemed to think the Stupak Amendment is not a big deal because a relatively small number of women have abortions every year and the Democrats are trying to bring health care to millions. What planet are they living on? Who are they listening to? Stupak is not … Continue reading Stupak: canary in the coal mine
With more grace, tact, and diplomacy than the other principals managed to display this week, President Obama delivered his commencement address today to Notre Dame’s Class of 2009. The controversy surrounding his appearance had risen to fever pitch. A pro-choice advocate was going to speak at the nation’s preeminent Catholic university! (Gasp!) University supporters were … Continue reading Using their indoor voices
Today is the 35th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that made abortion legal in America. Despite the highly visible, sometimes violent protests, the law still stands. Why? Because it represents the enlightened compassion and understanding of the majority of Americans. The majority believes in a woman’s constitutional right to privacy, … Continue reading Roe v. Wade: 35 years of compassion continues
Today’s Denver Post reports that Denver police hope to install some 20 high-tech video cameras before next summer’s Democratic National Convention. The cameras will monitor street activity in the city’s core near the Pepsi Center and along the popular 16th Street Mall. Digital videos from the cameras will be erased after 30 days. Some members … Continue reading Colorado ACLU fears spying at Dems’ convention
Yesterday a U.S. judge declared that the National Security Administration’s (NSA) warrantless domestic eavesdropping and surveillance is unconstitutional. Quick to defend his administration’s position, President Bush today declared, “Those who herald this decision simply do not understand the nature of the world in which we live.” Okay, Mr. Bush, I’ll bite. I’m elated over the … Continue reading Bush and his wiretaps: one of us doesn’t get it
