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March 2007

To Rara: Being Positive on "Progressives"

"Rara" comments, thoughtfully: Tim, as much as I really like and admire you and love your blog (I think you...

Bush's Tax Cuts Were Progressive

I'm just posting this because I often have to refute this misconception. Via World Mag Blog: A new study by...

You're Just Another (Lego) Brick in the Wall...

Hey, teacher! Leave those kids alone! I want to thank Unmuddle for pointing out an interesting article about an afterschool...

Of Lightbulbs and Fascism

Nice non-sequitur! Next week: My Little Pony and the pliestocine era... Irwin Stelzer in the Weekly Standard: Consider the simple...

Helpful Tip for Politicians #37

Have actual principles and convictions, don't just fake them. That way, you won't have to remember to keep all your...

Taking Occam's Razor to Freud

Pat Santy re-offers an elaborate theory as to "why psychology seems to attract so many on the left." She traces...

NY Times and (Not) "Big Love"

So the New York Times has noticed there are polygamous immigrants in NYC: She worked at the Red Lobster in...

Kill Knut!

Berlin, Germany: Berlin Zoo's abandoned polar bear cub Knut looks cute, cuddly and has become a front-page media darling, but...

"AMORAL"

When I was in college, there was a rather nice, new Corvette with a custom license plate which read: "AMORAL"....

The People's Cube on "Progressive" Motivations

I've had a laugh or two from the over-the-top parodies (and impressive graphics) over at The People's Cube. So I...

More Global Warming Banter

I'm not really obsessed with this issue. In fact, I have no real objection to the notion of man-made global...

Why Won't Sharks Bite a Lawyer?

Well, there's at least one honest law firm out there... What are the three most important qualities you are looking...

Early Years Foundation Stage: UK Childhood Indoctrination

It is just me, or is this UK precedent, reported in the Telegraph, distinctly creepy? Babies will be given marks...

Jeff Sharlet on Hate Crimes: Anti-Semitism vs. Anti-Gay (Updated)

This is an example of an entry where I got things really wrong. Jeff's point below was about murder, but...

Truffles Galore?

American Thinker notes a culinary development: In a breakthrough that could one day make an American-grown Perigord truffle as ubiquitous...

Global Warming

You might want to consider watching this. Please. And here's what has happened to some of the scientists who spoke...

Terabithia, Pooh, Moral Relativism, Etc.

When I was a kid, Disney's depiction of Christopher Robin seemed incredibly cool. But then again, British accents usually have...

NAE & Global Warming Activism: Wallis, Dobson, and Cizik

Bless Jim Wallis. He always lets me know what the left is up to. This week's hobby appears to be...

Thomas Eagleton, Rest in Peace

I see that Thomas Eagleton died last weekend. I took his class on the Vietnam war. I was impressed, and...

Potty Mouths Amok

During the last election, we remember how Dick Cheney was lambasted for a not-very-public use of the F-word to a...

Michael Moore IS "Roger"

Via John Ray, from the Times Online, it seems Michael Moore is being exposed by a pair of principled left-leaning...

Jesus Tomb & The Acts of Philip

Tonight I got together with friends to watch the "Jesus Tomb" special on the Discovery Channel. Normally, I ignore such...

New York Times on "Early Christian Gospels"

Mistakes like this are why newspapers like the New York Times have become a joke, not a serious source of...

Chiang Kai-shek, Mao, and the Japanese Invasion

Where have I seen this behavior before? Chaing Kai-shek was on the verge of defeating Mao Tse-Tung's Red Army, which...

The Appalling Ignorance of ProgressiveU

This is the kind of thing which currently makes it onto Google's "News" page. Apparently, in "Progressive U", we can...

Richard Dawkins Dispells Improbabilities

In this article (about which I expect to write several more blog entries in the near future) Notre Dame philosophy...

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