- Krauthammer: Government regulates liquor stores, so why can't it block the "Ground Zero mosque"?
- Weekend Music Preview: The Black CD Release [Mohawk / Saturday]
- As the Years Go Passing By: Inner Sanctum and the Armadillo, cockle to cockle Austin Music – AustinChronicle.com
August 13, 2010 – I really haven’t taken an interest in this story. but here, I’m moved to point out that opposition to the Islamic center completely takes leave of the vaunted “conservative principles” so many on the right expect us all to live by. Zoning regulations are enacted and enforced by local governments. Regulation of liquor sales, should that specious argument even pass the laugh test, occur at the state level. What about local control, you crazy kids? If the federal government did have an interest here, it would most likely make itself known in the courts, where the proponents of this project would probably make a constitutional claim on grounds similar to those used to extend constitutional protection of gun ownership, even where countervailing local laws existed. You can’t disallow a religious institution.
August 13, 2010 – Can’t wait. The Black are great.
August 12, 2010
