John Murtha Dies…

Rep. John Murtha (D-PA), the first veteran of the Vietnam war and one of the most powerful lawmakers in Congress, died Monday afternoon at Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington, VA, after complications from gallbladder surgery. Murtha was 77.
RIP
I will not bash on his politics, but my best wishes go out to his family.
“The Madness of Queen Nancy” and other links
- "The Madness of Queen Nancy," John Fund - fta: Indeed, the Speaker's take on Tuesday's off-year elections struck some of her own members as delusive "happy talk." "From our perspective, we won last night," a cheerful Ms. Pelosi told reporters, citing her party's pick-up of a single House seat in a New York special election and retention of another strongly Democratic seat in California.
- "Jesuit Message Drives Detroit's Last Catholic School," Amy Sullivan - the statistics on Detroit in this article are shocking.
- "Parents of student beaten to death on campus billed for resuscitation efforts" - a stunning but perhaps accurate example of how institutions of higher education regard those in their charge, those paying their bills. Yes, it was a mistake - that makes it all the more telling in a way.
- From my blog: "Does the Earth belong to the living?"
Town Hall Meeting with U.S. Congressman Brian Baird
Love this guy!



