Category Archives: States

Louisiana, Moving Forward In Reverse

Posted on June 10, 2014 by Gene Howington

by GENE HOWINGTON If the war against women’s rights concerns you, avoid Louisiana. In yet another strike against the rights of women, a bill came before Gov. Bobby Jindal this week that is truly horrifying. Of course, he is expected … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil Liberties, Estate Law, Fundamentalism, Health Care, Hospitals, Jurisprudence, Local Government, Louisiana, Reproductive Rights | 25 Comments

Chris Christie Cuts Payments to State Pension Funds Retroactively in Order to Balance Budget…NJ Still Manages to Subsidize the Private Sector to the Tune of $1.57 Billion

Posted on June 4, 2014 by Elaine Magliaro

BY ELAINE MAGLIARO A couple of weeks ago, Governor Chris Christie of New Jersey announced his plan to use more than $2.43 billion that had been earmarked for public worker pension funding to balance his state’s ailing budget. Salvador Rizzo … Continue reading →

Posted in Campaign Finance, Conservatives, New Jersey, Politics, States, Wall Street | Tagged , | 7 Comments

The Twelfth Post in the “Oh My Achin’ Head” Series: Florida State Representative Warns That the Company Hired to Create New Common Core Standardized Tests for the State Promotes Homosexuality

Posted on May 22, 2014 by Elaine Magliaro

BY ELAINE MAGLIARO Last November, I wrote a column for Res Ipsa Loquitor on the subject of Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and the Common Core standards. It appears that Duncan was unhappy with critics of Common Core and made … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, Education Policy, Politics, States | Tagged , , , | 16 Comments

Cliven Bundy, Patrolling Militia Groups in Nevada, and Sovereign Citizens

Posted on May 7, 2014 by Elaine Magliaro

BY ELAINE MAGLIARO A couple of weeks ago, I posted an article titled Sean Hannity, Jon Stewart, and That Racist, Gun Totin’ Welfare Queen Cliven Bundy. I thought I’d write a follow-up post after reading about what has been going … Continue reading →

Posted in Conservatives, Government, Law Enforcement, Politics, States | Tagged , , , | 18 Comments

Alabama’s “Ten Commandments Judge” Roy Moore Rebuked for Remarks He Made at Pastor for Life Luncheon

Posted on May 6, 2014 by Elaine Magliaro

BY ELAINE MAGLIARO Nine years after he was forced out of his position as Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, Roy Moore was re-elected in 2012. Moore—known as the Ten Commandments judge—was first elected to serve as chief justice … Continue reading →

Posted in Christianity, Conservatives, Constitutional Law, Fundamentalism, Politics, Religion, States | Tagged , , | 40 Comments

Stateside New Jersey: SEC and Manhattan District Attorney’s Office to Investigate Governor Chris Christie’s Diversion of Port Authority Funds

Posted on April 25, 2014 by Elaine Magliaro

BY ELAINE MAGLIARO Lisa Brennan (Main Justice) broke the news today that “people close to the matter” have said that the Securities and Exchange Commission has joined with the Manhattan District Attorney’s office “to investigate possible misuse of Port Authority of … Continue reading →

Posted in Crime, Financial, Fraud, New Jersey, Politics, States | Tagged | 13 Comments

Stateside New Jersey: Newark’s Archbishop of Bling Faces Organized Backlash Against His Plans for Opulent Retirement Home

Posted on April 12, 2014 by Elaine Magliaro

BY ELAINE MAGLIARO Back in February, I wrote a post about Newark Archbishop John J. Myers’s plan to spend more than $500,000 to build a new 3,000 square foot, three-level addition to his retirement home. I should note that the … Continue reading →

Posted in Christianity, New Jersey, Religion, Roman Catholic Church | 4 Comments

Esquire’s Scott Raab Reports That Christie Prosecutor Gets Its Star Witness to Start Talking

Posted on April 7, 2014 by Elaine Magliaro

BY ELAINE MAGLIARO I was doing research for a new post that I hope to write about Chris Christie and the Mastro Report, which exonerated the governor of New Jersey from any wrongdoing in the Bridgegate scandal, when I came … Continue reading →

Posted in New Jersey, Politics, States | Tagged | 2 Comments

Chris Christie’s Character Witnesses…Where Are They?

Posted on February 5, 2014 by Elaine Magliaro

BY ELAINE MAGLIARO Scott Raab has been doing a series of posts about Chris Christie on Charlie Pierce’s Politics Blog at Esquire. He posted the fifth installment—titled Why No One Is Sticking Up for Chris Christie—today. In his piece, Raab … Continue reading →

Posted in Corruption, New Jersey, RNC | Tagged | 81 Comments