George Zimmerman is currently _not_ under arrest because... there is so far, insufficient evidence that he committed a crime for which he should be charged, arrested, and confined. The "legal process" to which Ms Gallagher refers in the penultimate line of the column, does not cease just because someone isn't in jail. Her call to simply arrest Zimmerman anyway puts her on the same moral and racist plane with Sharpton and Jackson. We are known by the company we keep, whether physically, intellectually, or philosophically.

Dripping with sarcasm. Love it. To head off the inevitable dolts who will write in about all the other internal combustion vehicles that explode into flames on impact, thus attempting to nullify Ransom's take on the Cruze: Hogwash, sheep dip, and thank you, Hollywood. Any fireman can tell you the percentage of vehicles which catch fire after an impact is minuscule. That is, until GM's latest engineering brain farts. Above all, Ransom's sarcasm aside, remember that it isn't FedGov's job by any measure, standard, or statute, to dictate to a free market, whether it is cars, CD players, or tuning forks.

...there is more than one type of prostitution. Whoring oneself in front of Congress comes to mind...

Limbaugh will admit if asked, that it is his job as an -entertainer- to obtain and hold the largest possible audience for the longest possible time. That his political philosophy and beliefs are largely conservative tends to make everyone forget that he is still, wait for it... an entertainer. That occasionally he says something outrageous comes as a huge surprise... why? Catch and hold and audience...? What he said was certainly politically incorrect, to which most of us reply, "Who cares?" It was probably impolite as well, but at rock bottom, it was also undeniably true. And even if Ms. Fluke is not being compensated for those activities for which she deems require free contraceptives...

As usual, Chapman missed the really important part. Read the 10th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America, and then ask yourself, "The federal government is butting into individual states' business because...?" Nothing, as in NO Thing, has ever been accomplished in education by the federal government which was not done more efficiently by the individual states, the attempt is illegitimate according to the 10th, and yammering about dropout rates and whether or not, this or that, is so much smoke, obscuring the fact that it is none of FedGov's, and especially the Big Zero's, d*** business.

At last. Someone willing to walk into the temple and tell the goddess she is wrong. Good job.

"Religion, in my opinion, should play no part in that decision." So what you're saying is the candidacy of a Muslim should receive no scrutiny whatsoever on the basis of the core beliefs of Islam, or the obvious outworking of those beliefs. Texas 12's point re the mountain massacre is well taken, as well as the attempted coverup after the fact. A very few suffered any consequences from their participation in that event; most walked. I don't have a problem with anyone's faith per se in office, except when that faith treats the truth as something pliable, unimportant, destructive, (see joekiddlives' quote of Elder Packer) or unnecessary/not required when dealing with someone outside that faith.

Seawolf in VA has it right- this is the Federal camel's nose in the 10th Amendment tent yet again. There is another consideration, though. That is, the individual states' desire to promote a certain level of competence for carrying in that state. Not unreasonable, well within the boundaries of "states' rights" even if it might be a pain. I know of at least one lack of reciprocity between two states for that very reason. UT is pretty liberal (sorry) in granting a permit to carry to residents and non-residents alike. NV won't recognize a UT card because UT has no requirement to demonstrate competence (i.e., actually shooting... ) as NV does. Annoying, but understandable on NV's part. And none of FedGov's business.

Good on you, KATZ! And a good idea from roscoedtx, too. Those with a real stake in an election, such as paying taxes, owning property, owning a business, are the ones whose voices ought to be heard, and not the ones whining "gimme." Compulsory voting? Get real. Let the ignorant and apathetic stay home. We already have enough "donkey voting" as it is.

Bravo! The most concise explanation of the so-called "religious Left" and defense of the Bible as the sole foundation and source of objective truth for the Christian faith I have ever read. Well done!