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January 2005

Iraqi Election Thoughts

It wasn't going to happen. Bush was never going to hand over governing power. It would never happen. It was...

European Relations under Bush and the Neocons

The following is from an article about how a shadowy group of elite advisors in the US have led our...

Blue State "Generosity", Red State Divorce Rate

Two popular leftist tropes... First allegation: "Blue" states (Kerry-voting states) paid more taxes, "red" states received more of the benefits....

Love Your Enemies?

"I play with them and then I smash them." "I will not enage them." "To get that close to that...

Europeans Ignorant about EU Constitution

According to the BBC: Nine out of 10 European Union citizens know little or nothing about the new EU constitution,...

Tsunami a "Wonderful Opportunity"

I'm listening to Air America right now. The meme is that Condi is incredibly dishonest, and Barbara Boxer is an...

Adolf Hitler: Christian

Yeah, right! More evidence from John Ray that Hitler was not a Christian "believer", but simply attempted to re-purpose Christian...

Stage-Managed Terrorism

The Obsidian Order presents fascinating photographic evidence, collected from several different news sources, that photojournalists from API, Reuters, etc. work...

Doing What's Good for (Abortion) Business

Want a chastity belt? An Pennsylvania abortion-rights group demands the state legislature provide them for free. No kidding!

NCC: Human Rights Not Universal

Leftist front group National Council of Churches (NCC) is apparently doing it's best to makes sure young people don't end up improving the world...

Leftist Myth Du Jour: Bush & Phramaceutical Profits

Listening to Medved, a leftist asserts that one of the biggest money-makers these past years have been the pharmaceutical industry...

Who Would Jesus Bomb?

A leftist friend of mine asked me this question recently: Let me ask you, if Jesus walked the planet today,...

Socialized Medicine vs the Tsunami

What has killed more people? The recent tsunami in Asia, or one year of socialized medice in the UK? The answer may suprise you.

The State versus God

In the Old Testament, the people of Israel demand that God should give them a king, rather than the prophet Samuel. Modern reflections on an ancient passage.

I'm a Rich Englishman!

Or so I've just learned. A left-leaning critic I enjoy corresponding with writes: I think I understand who you are...

What's REALLY Wrong With Objectivism

Chris Wolf: Many Objectivists acknowledge that Man is fallible on the conceptual level, but then seem to promptly forget this...

IL Churches Must Hire Homosexuals

Well, guess what? It's another installment in our continuing drama: "Protecting homosexual behavior trumps the First Amendment." Be sure to tune in for next week's installment: "Homosexual male church daycare workers mandated by law."

Nazi School Prayers

"Positive" atheists make the claim the Nazis mandated school prayer -- and seemingly indict American Christians in doing so. But does the historical evidence support their point?

Guantanamo Bay Torture, Direct From Hell

Heather O'Donnell: Ten or so interrogators would gather and sing the Rolling Stones’ “Time Is on My Side” outside [would-be...

Noonan: "Mission Inebriation"

Peggy Noonan apparently believes idealism is fine for dead liberals, but wrong for living conservatives.

Minority Companies Hurt Themselves

In "The Economics of Discrimination" I pointed out that companies which engage in discrimination automatically penalize themselves by doing so....

Homosexuality and Freedom of Speech

I have written here and here my thesis that the main "point" or effect of making homosexuality a protected category...

Dr. Landsea Leaves the IPCC

A scientist steps down from an international climate change panel. The reason? They're deliberately being dishonest about global warming evidence...

Inside the Mind of Krugman

Sometimes, you just stumble across a gem that unintentionally speaks volumes about it's author. Today's example comes from Paul Krugman:...

Separation of Church and State

Happened to hear a few moments of today's "Michael Medved" show. The topic was Bush's inauguration, and a caller, "Chuck",...

French Tsunami Coverage

Unliked the BBC, the French press provides positive coverage to the US tsunami relief effort. That's a shock! Or is it? Instead, I believe there's another, hidden, and typically French motive behind the French media's sudden about-face...

Windshield Wiper Horrors

I drive a late-90's Pontiac Firebird. White. T-Top, with ultra-wide tires. Stick. Quite a lot of fun in good conditions....

"Unconstitutional" and "Un-American"

Appropros the most recent Michael Newdow Attempt To Be An Important Person-In-The-Spotlight... When everyday people like you are told something...

Tsunami Enviro-Hypocrisy

Dig the "it's-all-about-me" attitude expressed here... Many believe the tsunami that devastated this tourist hotspot and killed thousands had...

UN: Making the World Worse

Former UN Ambassador Dore Gold: For President Franklin Delano Roosevelt the UN was supposed to be instrumental in "nipping aggression...

Homoeroticization

He and I used to walk around the Central West End together -- home to many gay bars -- talking....

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