Fairfax, Va.-Today, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in District of Columbia v. Heller, a case the Court has stated is "limited to the following question: Whether Washington, D.C.'s bans [on handguns, on having guns in operable condition in the home and on carrying guns within the home] violate the Second Amendment rights of individuals who are not affiliated with any state-regulated militia, but who wish to keep handguns and other firearms for private use in their homes."

On September 25th, the congress passed - without debate or amendment - a new bill that will destroy the public health care system in this country as we know it. Some of you may think this is a good thing, expanding the already existing SChip healthcare plan that basically provides health care to children of families that make too much for Medicaid benefits, but not enough to afford basic private health insurance. The existing plan is fine the way it is, and Mr. Bush - rightly so - has said