Random Observations about...
January 2004

Hitler was a Leftist Socialist

I'd always been taught that Hitler and his party belonged, politically, to the right wing. But the closer I looked, the less true that seemed to be...

Taxes to George III Too High?

How things have changed: In 1776, our country fought a revolution to gain its freedom from what was considered an...

Marquis Harris Cannot Teach: He Would Create "Unrealistic Expectations" for Pupils

Marquis Harris is too smart too teach high school: We can't give students too much hope they could be like him -- best not to set their expectations high! What kind of students? Perhaps, since he's an African American, we mean that he would be an unrealisitic role model for minority students?

Frederick Bastiat on Socialism, 1850

Some things don't change, do they? Frederick Bastiat, in The Law, written in 1850AD: "Socialism, like the ancient ideas from...

UK Policing: Camels and Gnats

Violent crime continued to increase in England in 2003. So where are the bobbies focusing their efforts?

Oil: Not From Dinosaurs?

Astrophysicist Thomas Gold on the deep, hot biosphere: The astronomers have been able to find that hydrocarbons, as oil, gas...

Tax Cuts Increase Gov't Revenues ... Again!

World on the Web, quoting Jerry Bowyer: Laffer was right; when rates go down, receipts go up. The evidence for...

Principled Conservatives

Tim aruges liberals' dislike for Bush is fueled by something other than principle, but that recent conservative complaints about spending show conservative principle is alive and well.

Yet More Lies: Arts Funding and Hating Bush

A friend tells me Bush sucks: He's cutting arts funding massively! But alas, I'm learning a sad, sad lesson about the credibility of liberal statements.

Ben Stein, Hollywood Republican

Ben Stein: I would not be a Republican if I didn't think there was something noble about being in it....

Rant: US Electorate Moving Rightward?

"Jane Galt" says Americans are getting more conservative. I disagree: hardcore liberals themselves have shifted left, leaving the rest of us further away from their own positions.

Juggling Increases Gray Matter

Sadly, the effect appears only to be temporary. Dr. Vanessa Strumling, a senior lecturer in medical imaging at the University...

EU, Software Patents Threaten Linux

Bruce Perens: ...representatives to the European Parliament are pushing very hard for software patenting that would indeed shut out all...

We're All Big Spenders Now

Fed up with George W. Bush's overspending? According to the National Taxpayer's Union Foundation, he's the best of a bad lot.

Crime in Britain in 2003 (Or "How to Create a Violent Society")

Violent crime continues to increase in Britian with no significant improvement in crime overall. Expect hasher penalties and stricter controls on toys, airguns, guns, and alcohol consumption.

The BBC's Democracy Lesson

The BBC and a Labor MP offer ask listeners for a new law, offering to put it before Parliament. The project is quickly cancelled when the BBC learns what's really on it's listeners mind...

Liberal Illogic: Happy Conservatives Make Tugboat Spring Leak!

Sadly, another liberal provides an example of "How Not to Think." Or, perhaps "How to make mistakes in order to arrive at a predetermined result." Also: Conservatives are happier, in general, than liberals.

Principle? It's not my "pal"!

Analysing Leftism: The Left have always wanted more spent on welfare and made "Fascism" a swear-word. President Bush deposed a...

Photo: What Would Jesus Drive?

My friend Pedro from Denver answers the question definitively.

Media Whores Online

Today, after clicking on hyperlink #1,424,329 from can't-remember-where, I found myself on an amusing little site called "Media Whores Online",...

Non-Salty Foods: Government at Work

A lesson from my own experiences in unforeseen problems and how not to stop drinking on campus.

Dean's God-Talk

Last month, I noted that Amy Sullivan had advised the Democratic faithful that if they expected to have a prayer...

FDA & "Morning-After" Dangers

A USA Today article mentions: The recommendation of Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory panels this month to allow the...

"France is still a communist country"

Sabine Herald: In France right now there's actually a political debate about whether civil servants should be paid depending on...

Denver Veterans Protesting

A week ago I was in Denver, walking the 16th Street mall -- a section of the city which has...

Airline Security: Air France Leads the Way

In which Air France chooses murderers, bouncers, dog handlers, and those having received training in radical Islamic countries to guard its passengers.

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