Monthly Archives: August 2005

A fascinating look at what goes into a Supreme Court decision, from Justice Stevens. In one, the eminent domain case that became the term’s most controversial decision, he said that his majority opinion that upheld the government’s “taking” of private … Continue reading →

The New York Times reports that some of the states (mostly northeast) are voluntarily imposing pollution standards on themselves, since the federal government has done such a terrible job at it. First the good news: They are using a market … Continue reading →

Nothing to write about.

To paraphase Atrios, Bush administration slowly realizes its collective thumb has been a few yards up its collective ass.

The Nanny state strikes again. We’re big fans of The Vortex here at Muttroxia. Fairly standard bar & grill food, in a nice atmosphere. The Vortex is one of those places that makes it clear the customer is not always … Continue reading →

Beltway Observations (http://beltwayaction.blogspot.com/) Written by my cousin. Good stuff.

The closest thing to controversy this little blog has had was my particpation in The Fair Tax discussion, primarily waged by Jabley, but I was contributing a lot of the arguments. Today I found out that Neil Boortz has a … Continue reading →

My faithful readers may remember my previous rant on car seats. I just installed a new car seat in our Mom-mobile. (The old one seemed fine after the accident, but you don’t want to take chances.) In the course of … Continue reading →

Last weekend, the Muttrox family went to the Providence Children’s Museum. If you click to that picture, you will see there is a hundred foot dragon that lies atop the building. Our boy couldn’t stop talking about it days later. … Continue reading →

War of the Worlds is a well-made movie of astupid book. The special effects are cool, the acting is good. Better than expected all around. The biggest problem it has is that the plot is essentially ridiculous. When War of … Continue reading →

Does anyone have anything good to say to say about Bolton? I realize that my information comes mostly through liberal sources, but no one seems to think this appointment is a good thing. Here’s a sampling of letters from the … Continue reading →

My latest fave rave musician is Josh Rouse. It’s not the kind of music that hits you over the head with it’s incredibleness the first time you hear it, but I find myself playing his stuff over and over. Simple … Continue reading →