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May 2007

Lou Dobbs' "Flexible" Relationship With Truth

In the course of addressing several ideas promoted by Ron Paul's official campaign website, I recently posted links to several...

Ron Paul and Conspiracy Theories

Last night, I did a brief analysis of some of the things Ron Paul says on his website. Let's say...

Praise for Pet Shop Boys

Besides being quite talented, they have some refreshing common sense: Pet Shop Boys singer Neil Tennant has spoken out against...

Ron Paul 2008

A number of near-libertarian friends of mine (hi!) have been insisting to me that Ron Paul has the right stance...

Selective Reduction

Via GetReligion: Still, she says: “It’s a very hard procedure, because the baby is moving, and you are chasing it....

Propounding Inversely With Expertise

One of the odd phenomena I've noticed is that a large percentage of those who would be externally identifiable as...

Dalrymple on Unhappiness

Yesterday ... a 21-year-old woman consulted me, claiming to be depressed. She had swallowed an overdose of her antidepressants and...

John Edwards: A Tin Ear for Irony

When I first saw John Edwards' house, my first thought was: Won't it be rich (pardon the pun) if this...

Religious Beliefs and Foreign Policy

The Right Coast: This [PDF] is an interesting study by Gary A. Tobin and Aryeh K. Weinberg. It surveys the...

Sanyo Katana Cell Phone

I am now the owner of a Sanyo Katana phone, which, as you can probably guess by the blade-themed name,...

"Rights"

In many people's minds, marriage is now a "right". (So does the government thus have an obligation to provide homely...

Mind-Blowing Ignorance on the Hill

First, the author: Jane Harman was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1992. During her six terms...

Justice System Hardest on Innocent

I don't know for a fact that Scooter Libby is innocent. But it seems to me that, politics aside, there's...

The Antichrist?

No. But definitely fodder for a blog entry! Via CNN: Pastor with 666 tattoo claims to be divine The minister...

An Anglican Assassination?

In another alliterative article, Consterned Clerics Bash Bishop, Assault African, I noted that a group of liberal English clergy had...

Gnosticism: Not Christian

Previously I was first introduced to Gnosticism, believe it or not, by Bertrand Russell, back in the mid-1980s. In his...

HRC, the Bible, and Homosexuality

Fallacies fascinate me. They're not particularly interesting for what they are (you've seen one ad-homen argument, you've seen 'em all)...

Quick Answer

Malkin: Romney is rendered speechless by a question read by Matthews: "What do you dislike most about America?" Tim's answer:...

Legalizing (and Taxing) Vice

"Legalize it and tax it," said a libertarian friend of mine. Well, no thanks, really. I know how that works...

Sojourners and Abortion

Jim Wallis's group, Sojourners, is like the ACLU in one regard: In theory, they stand for something I generally agree...

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