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October 2004

The Obscure Religious Left

Rest Across the River: No one notices the religious left in American politics because it's primarily a political movement, and...

Christians and "Economic Justice"

I'm quite tired of well-meaning Christians trying to sound non-partisan by talking about "economic justice", a term which usually crops...

A Bad Economy? Depends Who's In Charge!

MRC sums up what I've been saying, offine for a long time: Good Economic Numbers = Bad News? … When...

Vote Kerry: Help Democrats Get Real About National Defense

Kerry opens a new line of attack in Rochester, Minnesota, and Random Observations is granted an exclusive interview with campaign spokewoman Stephanie Cutter.

Republicans Stealing the Vote in Wisconsin!

Republicans are trying to disenfranchise minorities in the Badger State again! Or perhaps I'm being ironic...

The Nation: 100 Deceptions

Honestly. I try to see the world from "the other" point of view. But sometimes my curiosity, and ability to...

Because He Could: Partisan Reviews

Was just browsing the Amazon customer reviews on Dick Morris's Because He Could -- Morris's answer to Clinton's My Life,...

Other People's Children

Lately I've had the pleasure of wandering around left-leaning blogs of principle. It's refreshing to find them -- I had...

Drug Reimportatation

Mark Steyn talks about drug reimportant. Jon Henke has a light bulb moment. I kibbitz from the sidelines.

Presidential Intelligence

The New York Times: To Bush-bashers, it may be the most infuriating revelation yet from the military records of the...

Flu Myths?

Steve complains people say crazy things about the flu vaccine. For the most part, I agree with him. Until we...

Gettin' out the Vote in Florida

We lost power today for a few minutes. I haven't checked to how the microwave oven and VCR weathered this...

George Soros Behind High Oil Prices?

The BBC, a few weeks ago: US light crude settled at a record closing price of $51.09 on Tuesday, up...

Flu Vaccine Shortage: Heads Must Roll!

Congratulations, my fellow Americans. You are again making me deeply ashamed of our cluelessness. First, for feeling the need to blame someone for every ill in the world. And second, for being to lazy to try to figure out who to blame.

The Trouble with Oil

Oil causes many problems in the world, and increasing oil taxes is a necessary step towards solving these problems. Or is it?

Ancient Leftists?

Was there a leader like Jesse Jackson during the American Revolution? Was there an equivalent of Ted Kennedy in ancient Rome? Is there an equivalent to the Marxist revolutionary among primitive peoples?

University Professor Thinks He's God

And this is unusual how? Student Kacie Spears said professor Louis Houston lost control right after class began Wednesday morning...

Widening Gap Between Rich and Poor

Oh no! The gap between rich and poor is widening! Gather the villagers! Grab your pitchforks! Light the torches!

A Business Opportunity BETTER Than Quixtar???

Over the past year, I've had a lot of time to think about Quixtar. And due to the tremendous response I've seen on this blog, I've had a lot of time consider both sides. And I think I might have been too hasty...

"Evolving" Morality?

Are we evolving, morally? Is the banning of slavery an example of such moral evolution? And is the bible one of the main things which has held us back from this moral evolution?

Voodoo No More

Once upon a time the media laughed at Ronald Reagan's ideas about how stimulate the economy. They mischaracterized his plan as "trickle down economics". Nobody's laughing any more...

Good Article on Media Anti-Gun Bias

A reader posts a link to a very interesting article on the media, guns, and crime; an article good enough to pass along to the rest of you...

Last Stand of Deerzilla

Science Daily: Giant deer first appeared about 400,000 years and roamed much of the Eurasian continent alongside the woolly mammoth....

Kerry on Democracy

Kerry argues you can't "impose" a democracy on people. The question is open as to whether it can or will work in predominantly Muslim countries, or at least Iraq in specific. But Kerry's statement is at odds with reality.

Two Legs Good, Four Legs Bad in Congress

Bruce Bartlett: An Oct. 3 report in the Boston Globe recounts many of the ways in which the old Imperial...

Bush, Kerry, Trees and Timber

Who mislead us about Bush's alleged timber company? Bush? Kerry? Or, perhaps, was it FactCheck.org itself? I find something fishy about their reasoning.

Afghani Elections

From Kabul: Ahead of the poll, security had been the overriding worry for election organizers fearing attacks by Islamic fundamentalist...

History of Unabom

Via Dr. John Ray's "Of Interest" blog: Chase's take on the Unabomber is that he is the social product of...

Debate Thoughts

Was able to catch last night's debate. In my opinion, Bush looked good: confident, tough. The grimacing didn't really work...

Ah, Artists

Or, more reasons to question the value of the NEArts... You've built a new library. You want to install a...

How Not to Help Haiti's Poor

A friend forwards a template Amnesty International letter about Haitian refugees to George Bush. I take the time to write back to my friend and address some of the core arguments of the letter.

Head For Rent

Brilliant: Kerra Fowler is a mother of four who decided to wear her opposition to President George W. Bush on...

More Democrat Violence?

Things seem to have gone nuts in the last several days: As you probably know, USA Today reported yesterday that...

"WMD" Trailer Back in the News

And I wouldn't be suprised if this is being done for political reasons. Nonetheless, it looks like an article at...

Why They Hate Us: Linda Heard

Why do they hate us? Why do they hate us? Linda Heard demonstrates precisely why they hate us. Clip and save this for the next time a left-leaning friend of yours brings up the topic.

"Separation of Church and State"

Only applies to conservatives... Some black pastors say the Bush campaign's appeals have made them more determined than ever to...

What is it with you Americans and marriage?

I've just finish reading (pronounced "wasting time looking at") a rather lengthy (and often tragicly funny), um, web site (if...

Sudan's Darfur Crisis... Disappears!

Via Instapundt: Now that the Bush administration is stepping up the pressure regarding the situation in Darfur, Sudan, the crisis...

Kerry Cheated in Debate?

According to the guys at INDC Journal, it's looking like John Kerry might have cheated in the debates. Ask me if I'm shocked. Actually I am. I guess I'm just not surprised.

Kerry's Incandescence

Mark Steyn: How many John Kerrys does it take to change a lightbulb? At least four. One to approve the...

Kerry Democrats In A Nutshell...

Sometimes you can tell a lot from the little things: Random Observations about the first presidential debate, Kerry and his crew, and their actions and reactions in a telling news article...

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