Nov
30
IQ Hoax
November 30, 2004 | Leave a Comment
Save this piece the next time you hear about the average IQ in the blue states being so much higher than the average in the red states.
Nov
30
Just Ignore Falwell
November 30, 2004 | Leave a Comment
Good piece by David Brooks in the New York Times about one John Stout, a much better representative of evangelical Christians than blowhards like Falwell and Robertson. From Brooks’ opening:
Tim Russert is a great journalist, but he made a mistake last weekend. He included Jerry Falwell and Al Sharpton in a discussion on religion [...]
Nov
29
Monday Night Ramblings
November 29, 2004 | Leave a Comment
Christmas, Christmastime is here
Time for joy, time for cheer - Alvin and the Chipmunks
What a lovely night as I put up my holiday tree, and decorate it with my holiday ornaments as we begin the pre-holiday season that culiminates with the celebration of the glorious holiday of HOLIDAY. For that is the day we [...]
Nov
29
No Truth Zone
November 29, 2004 | Leave a Comment
Bill O’Reilly, whose relevancy continues to decline astronomically, comes to his own Dan Rather’s defense in his Daily News column today. Read this paragraph, and tell me who you think he’s really talking about
But you’ll be seeing more of this kind of thing in the future. All famous and successful Americans are now targets. [...]
Nov
29
Human Behavior
November 29, 2004 | Leave a Comment
Tonight I concluded my tour of the northeastern metropoli, and now I actually get to stay at home for a whopping three and a half weeks. Over the past month or so I have been awed and inspired by the vast intellectual superiority of the residents of these most blue parts our our great [...]
Nov
25
Happy Thanksgiving
November 25, 2004 | Leave a Comment
Enjoy this day of thanks and praise. Have fun with your families, friends, or with whomoever you might be spending the holiday.
God Bless America.
Nov
24
Doing the Right Thing
November 24, 2004 | Leave a Comment
While I know some people might think it inconceivable to think that Republicans might fight against or for a piece of legislation because they think it’s the right thing to do, I would submit that cynicism is not always warrented. Maybe, just maybe, Duncan Hunter and James Sensenbrenner see the intelligence reform bill will [...]
Nov
23
Ukraine: On the Edge of Revolution?
November 23, 2004 | Leave a Comment
Elections were held in the Ukraine over the weekend, and the results are very much in dispute. The pro-Russian Viktor Yanukovich has evidently defeated the pro-western Viktor Yushchenko, though the results are so suspicious that even Jimmy Carter would have to admit of doubts. The Telegraph reports:
In scenes reminiscent of the fall of [...]
Nov
23
You mean Congress is independent of the President?
November 23, 2004 | Leave a Comment
My new political hero is Jim Sensenbrenner of Wisconsin. Over the weekend he led a coalition of Republicans that stalled implementation of the plans for imtelligence reform. Sensenbrenner’s main problems with the bill can be read here. He writes, “the 9/11 reform bill is currently snagged by the Senate’s refusal to address [...]
Nov
23
How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb
November 23, 2004 | Leave a Comment
Listened a couple of times at work, but only now did I get the chance to sit with the album. It’s brilliant, bloody brilliant. It is definitely their most complete album since Achtung Baby and ranks right there with it and The Joshua Tree. Get it, listen to it, and enjoy.
Nov
23
So Long, Danny
November 23, 2004 | Leave a Comment
From ABC NEWS:
Dan Rather announced today he will step down as anchor and managing editor of the “CBS Evening News” on March 9 — 24 years to the day after his first broadcast as the network’s anchor.
Rather will stay with CBS News, working full time as a correspondent for both editions of “60 Minutes,” and [...]
Nov
22
Monday Night Ramblings
November 22, 2004 | Leave a Comment
Where has the time gone? It seems but a short time ago that we were all in college, ready to face the challenges of a new and exciting world. And now we have arrived at this tender age some years later, witnessing our friends getting married, maybe having children of their own, and [...]
Nov
22
9/11 Style Attack Thwarted in Great Britain
November 22, 2004 | Leave a Comment
It is being reported that a September 11-style attack was thwarted in Great Britain.
Britain’s security services thwarted a September 11-style attack on targets including Canary Wharf and Heathrow Airport, according to reports.
The plot is said to have involved pilots being trained to fly into target buildings including London’s famous financial centre and the world’s [...]
Nov
22
Go Nats
November 22, 2004 | Leave a Comment
It’s official: the Expos will be renamed the Nationals when they move to DC next season. Sort of bland, but beats the hell out of the Wizards.
Nov
22
Redefining activism
November 22, 2004 | Leave a Comment
Publius, over at Legal Fiction (who evidently reads this blog, hello), has this insightful if misguided piece on what he sees as conservative judidicial activism in regards to the economic sphere. I’ll try to keep the quoting to a minimum, so please read his piece first to get a better understanding of what he says. [...]
Nov
21
PA Drivers
November 21, 2004 | Leave a Comment
This is a question for anybody currently living in Pennsylvania, or who has ever driven in Pennsylvania: Does anybody in the state know how to operate a motor vehicle? Also, to successfully pass the road test, does one merely have to properly turn the key in the ignition and start the car?
On a [...]
Nov
19
Some Constitutional Musings
November 19, 2004 | Leave a Comment
I wasn’t aware of this until reading Legal Fiction, but apparently the Commonwealth of Virginia has enacted the following statute, which they call the Affirmation of Marriage Act. The Act states that:
“A civil union, partnership contract or other arrangement between persons of the same sex purporting to bestow the privileges or obligations of marriage is [...]
Nov
19
Levels of Catholic
November 19, 2004 | 1 Comment
In a story in the Daily Telegraph that otherwise was about the UK Independence Party’s criticism of France’s commissioner Jacques Barrot, lies this odd little paragraph
The fiasco was chiefly caused by Rocco Buttiglione, Italy’s ultra-Catholic nominee for justice and civil liberties, who fell foul of the European Left for calling homosexuality a “sin” and disparaging [...]
Nov
19
Bias in Academia
November 19, 2004 | Leave a Comment
Several sites have noted this story in the New York Times by John Tierney which takes a look at the liberal bias of the universities. Among the higlights
One of the studies, a national survey of more than 1,000 academics, shows that Democratic professors outnumber Republicans by at least seven to one in the humanities [...]
Nov
18
Who you callin’ an apostate?
November 18, 2004 | Leave a Comment
This is a bit of a followup from my post last night on Pat Buchanan. As I alluded to, Buchanan likes to label all those on the right who don’t toe his line “neoconservatives” and also has the tendecy to call them all apostates. As mentioned last night, true neocons do indeed veer [...]