“Ku Klux Klan” on The Daily Caller

It’s been a long-running  joke that Robert C. Byrd was the living senator who’d named the most monuments after himself. In addition to placing an illegal, taxpayer-funded statue of himself in the West Virginia State Capitol, Byrd’s extraordinary narcissism led to the creation of a vast array of public works, monuments and roads, all bearing the late senator’s oft-sullied name. Monday morning, at the age of 92, Byrd passed away. This week we’re going to hear a lot of news stories lauding a man who held the dubious distinction of being the longest serving senator in U.S. history. It’s worth noting that this champion among Democrats will leave behind a legacy of bigotry, racism and hypocrisy that flies directly in the face of the values his party claims to hold so dear. (more)

The Supreme Court’s 5-4 decision striking down Chicago’s gun law in the McDonald v. Chicago case was a significant victory for Second Amendment rights but it also exposed how tenuous our fundamental constitutional rights have become, and the extent to which our freedoms have eroded. (more)

Deceased U.S. Sen. Robert Byrd will be remembered by lots of things: His love for dogs and hyperbole, his ability to funnel federal dollars into make-work jobs in his native West Virginia, his loathing of balanced budgets and the fact that he skillfully conned several generations of Appalachian woodhicks into voting for him, over and over again, for almost six decades. (more)

Last Friday, Orlando, Fla. became the first city to name a road after President Barack Obama. Fittingly, $11,503,000.00 from Obama’s stimulus will fund the 3.3 miles of road combining Pine Hills Road and Mission Road in Orange County. (more)

National Review has learned that in 1996, Kagan apparently tied the NRA to the KKK — yes, the KKK — while debating the Clinton administration’s position on a bill. (more)

NEW YORK – After the violent deaths of his brothers, the youngest Kennedy, Teddy, lived under constant threat that he too would meet an assassin’s bullet. As he put it bluntly, “They’re going to shoot my ass off the way they shot off Bobby’s.” (more)

One AP History teacher in Georgia seems to have failed the class she was teaching. Catherine Ariemma must have known that her students — dressed to the nines in Ku Klux Kan outfits for a reenactment — might cause a stir: (more)

Editor’s Note: Daily Caller High is a group of young writers cutting their teeth in the world of political punditry. This week, the authors’ reflect on events of the past few weeks. (more)

In terms of old geezers, this Congress is setting all kinds of records. (more)

Gerry Hudson, Executive Vice President of SEIU, offered the following analysis on how to move the black community from opposing to supporting comprehensive immigration reform. He said in effect that blacks must be convinced that the opposition is racist: (more)

The term “civility” has been tossed around quite a bit lately. Liberals are accusing conservatives of heated rhetoric. Conservatives are making similar charges toward their liberal opponents. Much of this debate is centered around those who support, and those who oppose Obamacare, and other Obama’s growth-of-government policies. (more)

I really thought that the media and political class were starting to get it. The giggling from tea bag jokes started to subside and “mainstream” media coverage seemed less slanted. The maladjusted schoolboy bullies seemed to be maturing. It turns out that the only thing developing was the complexity of their anti-tea party propaganda campaign. (more)

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Tea party turns into Klan rally — or so the headline of an opinion piece published by the Baltimore Examiner screamed to readers on Monday after weekend reports that Tea Partiers had hurled racial and homophobic slurs at black and gay congressmen. (more)

One of the great things about having a dog is that it gives you an opportunity to walk around the neighborhood and see what is going on with your neighbors. Since I live on Capitol Hill, I had a chance to see not only what was going on with my neighbors, but also who was out protesting today. (more)

Editor’s Note: Daily Caller High is a group of young writers cutting their teeth in the world of political punditry. This week, the authors’ reflect on events of the past few days.  (more)