One question we asked, about what ringtone Madison might want to download, prompted the frugal response "I don't think we can afford one! We can live with what we've got!" Sticking with a default ringtone is a sad state of affairs. Still, responded were upbeat, overall - don't be surprised if you hear phones across town chiming out the riffs to "Feelin' Groovy," "Celebrate Good Times (Come On!)" and "The Future's So Bright I Gotta Wear Shades. WORT's MeI and Mr. Smartypants ([Floyd] remains on vacation) continue to dominate this category, because they're always letting the listener in on the joke. And with each week's headlines as fodder for their conversations, there's always plenty of material. Triple M's Jonathan & Kitty are fun to spend morning drive time with. And as infuriati...
The most disturbing thing about Republican efforts to block the Obama administration's appointment of a new consumer protection agency head is that it was never about the man's qualifications. It was always a tactic to force the administration to bargain on other issues, a dynamic that has become commonplace.
Under current city charter rules, the Columbia City Council hires the city manager and the manager has authority to operate the government, including hiring and firing of administrative staff. Third Ward Councilman Karl Skala wants more council control over hiring and firing of city department heads, an "advise and consent" role similar to that exercised by Congress in the federal system. At its meeting Monday, the council will consider a draft of a charter amendment for submission to voters. For the city, this is a bad idea. The last thing we want is for the politicians on the city council to have veto power over decisions of the city manager as he hires and fires his key administrators. The current separation of power is designed to avoid this sort of political influence.
President Barack Obama's nomination of Elena Kagan to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court has, as expected, put the liberal and conservative spin machines into overdrive. Both are flummoxed by her relative lack of judicial history. Whether or not Ms. Kagan is qualified to serve on the high court, it is not surprising that the president chose someone without a long paper trail. At a time when lawmakers from both parties comb through nominees' rulings and writings looking for evidence that they are too activist or too pro-union or too pro-life, there is an incentive to put forward nominees with thin records.
I had this weird dream that seven conservative white males were desperate for reassurances that a Latina vying for a seat on the Supreme Court would not use the law to mistreat people who look like them. How's that for progress? When Sonia Sotomayor was nominated to the Supreme Court, I thought about my children and how far they could go in life. But as her confirmation hearings began, I thought of my parents and the lives they've lived.
Third Ward Councilman Karl Skala did a good deed by withdrawing his suggested city charter amendment from consideration. At Tuesday's meeting he said he never intended the change to be considered now for presentation on the April ballot. The issue merely needs discussion, he says. He takes blame for not communicating clearly what he wanted.
After 30 years of producing prodigious amounts of copy, including hundreds of How's Your Political IQT* quizzes and over a thousand Races of the Week, Giz, who for the past six years has been a White House correspondent, still gladly takes on new challenges. [...] Drury 's six books in the Advise and Consent series dealing with Washington politics, Congress and the media, were a very big influence in my life. Walter Winchell was a popular Broadway gossip columnist, so FDR would invite him to the White House, knowing that Winchell. on his radio show and in his column, reached a lot more people than the political pundits.
I am writing to express the conviction that the current filibuster rules must remain intact. Basic to the meaning of the adjective "American" is the idea that no one is all right all the time. Nor is any majority. That is why we are a representative democracy. That is why we have such a strange mixture of individual and regional representatives in our Congress. The oath those representatives take is to the Constitution. Their first loyalty is not to the president or any political party but to that Constitution and to those ideals which it exists to promote: that all are equal, that no one should be expected to submit to having anything shoved down his or her throat.
THE RECORD: One of the stories this week is the confirmation of nominees for the governor's Cabinet. Bret Schundler's nomination has not moved out of committee. Do you think that there might be a problem? DuHAIME: I hope there won't be a problem. I hope the Democrats, who obviously control the Senate, will push for this nomination. While you may not agree with everything Mayor Schundler stands for, obviously, the mayor is going to be implementing the vision that is set forth by the governor and the Legislature in terms of where our education process needs to go. I hope they will grant the governor his wish in terms of who the Cabinet appointment should be. Obviously, they need to take their advise-and-consent role seriously. But the governor won, and elections have consequences, and one...
Beyond the impact on 2nd Amendment rights, the McDonald case also serves as a timely reminder of the important "advise and consent" role the U.S. Senate plays regarding judicial nominations to the federal bench. Foiling Thugs In the final analysis, while judicial philosophy and constitutional interpretation are critically important elements of this case and in the broader debate about the 2nd Amendment, we must also not lose sight of the importance of explaining the practical applications of the McDonald case to the American people.
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