Sep
30
Hey, let’s celebrate the birth of a genocidal Nation. Great idea!
September 30, 2009 | 2 Comments
When I was growing up in the tiny little borough of Queens, I could always walk down to the corner of my block and look out into the west and see the Empire State Building (and of course the World Trade Center). Every night the building was lit a certain way, though I seem to [...]
Sep
29
A stirring call
September 29, 2009 | 2 Comments
Dan Riehl offers a perfect rant that far too few on the right are probably going to heed. What the Left, along with the media, want and need are the apologists, the hand wringers and the back peddlers extraordinaire, those Republicans who would just as soon bash or purge one of their own for fear of some [...]
Sep
29
Federalists 3-5 – John Jay
September 29, 2009 | 2 Comments
The next series of Federalist Papers cover much the same ground as the second paper. Jay covers three main themes in these three papers: Union is necessary to secure safety; Union is necessary to secure peace; and Union will ensure stability. The three are inter-related, and that’s why I am combining them here. In the [...]
Sep
29
Eugene Robinson is right!
September 29, 2009 | 11 Comments
I have taken many a shot at Eugene Robinson for the poor quality of some of his op-eds. I still find it mildly disturbing that he has won TWO Pulitzer Prizes. But I have to give him his props for getting it absolutely right on the Roman Polanski case. Hasn’t Roman Polanski suffered enough? Didn’t [...]
Sep
29
Cloning wars
September 29, 2009 | 1 Comment
Wesley Smith at Secondhand Smoke links to a Greg Easterbrook column that defends the practice of human cloning. Smith concludes: The column is mainly a bunch of assertions without real moral engagement. Note, for example, that Easterbrook is unable or unwilling to say categorically that it would wrong to experiment on sick babies to perfect [...]
Sep
28
Red Zone
September 28, 2009 | 5 Comments
I have expressed my praise for the MLB Network, which until yesterday I would have described as the greatest network in the history of television. But after making the guy equivalent of an impulse buy, I have to switch that designation to the NFL’s Red Zone network. For 1/6 the price of the NFL’s Sunday [...]
Sep
28
George Will makes the right call
September 28, 2009 | 2 Comments
George Will has been hit-or-miss quite a lot lately, but when he hits, he knocks it out of the park. Today he backs Marco Rubio for the Republican nomination in Floriday for the U.S. Senate. The national GOP establishment has idiotically gotten behind Governor Crist, but like Will, I think Rubio will pull it out. [...]
Sep
25
Federalist 2 – John Jay
September 25, 2009 | 2 Comments
It is unfortunate that John Jay fell ill and was unable to compose more than a few essays for what became known as the Federalist Papers. Jay was one of the great intellects of the early republic, and his genius is often overlooked. The first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, and the man who [...]
Sep
25
Hierothee at Cosmos-Liturgy-Sex tracks a debate that has been occurring at the blog What’s Wrong With the World about Cass Sunstein’s proposal to give animals legal standing to sue. In it, Hierothee hits the nail on the head when it comes to what’s wrong with paleoconservatives. The whole debate among these two contributors on the [...]
Sep
24
Federalist 1 – Alexander Hamilton*
September 24, 2009 | 5 Comments
Before delving into Hamilton’s first essay, I suppose just a bit of background is in order. After the Constitution was signed on September 17, 1787, it was moved to the states for the ratification. Several states ratified quickly, but there was much dispute in several key states, especially Virginia and New York. The opponents of [...]
Sep
24
Ed Schultz: moron
September 24, 2009 | 1 Comment
Ed Schultz is a left-wing radio and tv personality, and represents the pinnacle of success the left has in that medium. That about says it all, especially when he says things like this: The Republicans lie! They want to see you dead! They’d rather make money off your dead corpse! They kinda like it when [...]
Sep
24
Paging Dr. Zummo
September 24, 2009 | 1 Comment
My post last night quoting at length from the Federalist Papers sparked a little something in me. I absolutely believe that an understanding of the Federalist Papers is essential for understanding the U.S. Constitution and, therefore, understanding America. So I’ve decided to start what will be a daily feature here: an analysis of each number [...]
Sep
24
Indoctrination? What Indoctrination?
September 24, 2009 | 9 Comments
If I have to sell a kidney, I am going to do everything in my power to make sure my children do not attend public school. This video is another reason why. Ahh charming. Little schoolchildren being taught a song in praise of our Dear Leader. There’s nothing creepy at all about this. This absolutely [...]
Sep
23
That’s what you’re there for
September 23, 2009 | 2 Comments
During a Senate Finance Committee hearing on the health Care bill, the Republicans attempted to pass an amendment that would have made the bill language public three days before the final vote. Democrats of course would have none of this, John Kerry hurumphing that “this is fundamentally a delay tactic.” Preach on Senator Kerry. We [...]
Sep
23
A new low
September 23, 2009 | 2 Comments
As someone who has been a fan of the WWE for almost 25 years, it’s hard to imagine that they could do anything at this point to make me turn off their product. After all, I’ve stuck through them through the cartoon years of the early 90′s, the botched Invasion angle, the never-ending efforts of [...]
Sep
23
The first troll
September 23, 2009 | Comments Off
The internet troll is one of the more annoying creatures in the blogosphere. Preternaturally arrogant, full of self-righteousness, and more intent on creating a ruckus rather than in engaging in meaningful conversation, they are the lowest form of intelligent life. But who was the first troll? The troll in fact dates back before the internet. [...]
Sep
22
My eyes . . . they burn!
September 22, 2009 | 4 Comments
There are no words that can adequately describe this: Brown spandex? Really Tom?
Sep
21
If only he had more time
September 21, 2009 | 9 Comments
Rich Leonardi links to a letter in the Cincinnati Enquirer where a letter writer makes this brilliant argument for women’s ordination. “Jesus chose the apostles, he chose men not women.” As a believer in Jesus Christ, I choose to believe that had he more time, Jesus would have eventually seen the light and taken full [...]
Sep
21
Scattered thoughts on Beck
September 21, 2009 | 4 Comments
Since I stayed home with Bernadette a couple of days last week, it afforded me an opportunity to catch a couple of Glenn Beck shows on Fox News. It’s the first time I’ve really been able to see more than a few minutes of the program since he started, and I was a bit curious. [...]
Sep
17
The world’s silliest argument
September 17, 2009 | 4 Comments
Ken Rosenthal has a rather silly article on Fox Sports.com. (H/t: Amazin Avenue) In making the justifiable case for Joe Mauer to be the MVP, Rosenthal gets all snarky with the sabermetric community. It’s the usual tired cliches – bloggers living in their parent’s basement, mocking statistical measurements that the author doesn’t understand, fluff about [...]