I know that Glenn Beck is a soft target, but holy crap, this has the potential for some serious hilarity, especially as the legendary author of The Christmas Sweater is in a position to shape the reading habits of a few million self-aware, open minded, critical thinkers. There are some decent quotes in the story: […]
Month: November 2009
Surely, even we opponents of the death penalty can agree that the rack should be brought back for any Yankee fan whining over how it’s been nine long years since their last championship. …
In today’s “Newt Gingrich Letter”, a publication that occasionally appears uninvited in my inbox: In retrospect it is clear Dede Scozzafava should never have been nominated because s
It must have been difficult to be a conservative last night. On the one hand, you threw your muscle behind your perfect candidate and he lost a district which last went Democratic back before the Half-Breeds and the Stalwarts fought for control of the GOP; on the other, you got a television show made especially […]
Shorter Charles Colson: Without religious belief, it’s difficult if not impossible to have the kind of consistent moral compass that allows you to become a convicted felon on behalf of a lawless
As I feared, breathless, fatally flawed analysis follows the election results in NJ, VA, and to a lesser extent, NY-23. Most of this article is remarkably sound, but the first paragraph sets the wrong
First, I don’t think that there’s quite enough appreciation of this: But the choice between a mindset that says “the main purpose of the military is to scare China & Russia” or a mindset that says “the main purpose of the military is to intervene effectively in third world backwaters” has very real implications for […]
Maine voters shamefully reject same-sex marriage law. Clearly, this proves that litigation doesn’t work.
According to MSNBC, Hoffman has conceded…. …further confirmation. Obviously, this is excellent news for the Republican Party. …No, really! Erickson really does offer some of the fine
I have a review of Martin Murphy’s Small Boats, Weak States, Dirty Money up at ID. Long story short, it’s the best single volume introduction to modern piracy and maritime terrorism that I’ve read.
You probably won’t be surprised that some members of Congress are trying to use the necessity of health reform to not only continue to exclude abortion from the funding given to most ordinary me
This is a terrible idea: The measure would put Christian Science prayer treatments — which substitute for or supplement medical treatments — on the same footing as clinical medicine. While