During the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing about whether Judge Sonia Sotomayor should be nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court, a nomination which if approved by the committee’s majority would then go to the full Senate for a vote (that the judge is assured to win), one of the most controversial issues discussed was Sotomayor’s signing on to a very brief ruling affirming a lower court’s decision to support a city government’s invalidation of a test for firefighters which the majority — all of them white though one of Puerto Rican background — had passed...

Back in 2004, I noted the disbelief that greets me "when I explain that the Islamist goal is to take over the United States and replace the Constitution with the Koran."...

During Judge Sonia Sotomayor's Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearings on her nomination to the Supreme Court – confirmation she is certain to win – one of the most controversial issues discussed was the judge's signing on to a very brief appellate-court ruling affirming a lower court's decision to support a city government's invalidation of a promotion test for firefighters, which the majority – all of them white, though one was of Puerto Rican background – had passed...

Actor Jon Voight came under attack for criticizing the president in a recent speech, but that's not stopping him from vocalizing his anger with the administration...