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Monthly Archives: April 2010
National I.D.'s and Democratic Death Panels
Strangely under reported is the Democratic push for “a national identification card with biometric information,” for workers in the United States. Now, I am not going to get into the Orwellian implications of this but what I will point out … Continue reading
Caption of the day
Usually this portion is reserved for something rather humorous. Nevertheless, there is nothing funny about this topic. Below is satellite imagery, just released today from NASA, of the British Petroleum oil spill affecting the United States Gulf Coast. This really … Continue reading
Posted in American Society, Caption of the Day, Current Events
Tagged Gulf Coast, Gulf oil spill
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Book recommendation
Victor Davis Hanson has a new book out, The Father of Us All: War and History. It’s a collection of Hanson’s essays he’s edited (adding new material) and put together in this new book. A sample: On a deeper level, we need … Continue reading
Posted in History, Military
Tagged book reviews, human nature, military science, Victor Davis Hanson
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Anchoring Illegal Immigration
Duncan Hunter, a very staunch conservative representative from California, had this to say to a crowd at a Tea Party rally in San Diego, via the LA Times. “Would you support deportation of natural-born American citizens that are the children of illegal aliens,” Hunter was … Continue reading
Epistemic Closure should be renamed Epi-hysteric Exposure.
I never, for the life of me, would have thought that a philosophical term popularized by some libertarian pseudo-philosopher who looks like a combination of an escapee from a casting call for a bad Pulp Fiction remake and Fonzi with chops would have … Continue reading
And that's a rap, folks
The LA Times reports the cross can stay. Go to the SCOTUS blog to read details on the plurality decision including the the other justice’s dissent. In a divided ruling, the justices rule that the 1st Amendment calls for ‘accommodation’ … Continue reading
Has Noah's Ark been found?
This is rather interesting. According to Fox News, a team of evangelical archaeologists claim to have found the reminants of Noah’s legendary ark on Turkey’s, Mount Ararat Fox News | Has Noah’s Ark Been Found on Turkish Mountaintop? A group … Continue reading
Big holes in the Grand Obama Coalition
According to Gallup’s latest polling there is no sign of a post-Obama health care surge. In fact, there appears to be an overall decline in support across the board. PRINCETON, NJ — Although U.S. registered voters are closely divided in … Continue reading
Epistemic Closure
“Epistemic Closure”? If you haven’t noticed lately, it’s a term being tossed about on TV and in the blogosphere. It’s being used, currently, in a pejorative way, to describe what some liberal pundits see as the conservative mind’s problem with … Continue reading
Posted in American Politics, Political Thought
Tagged conservatism, ideology, Philosophy, political ideology
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May 20th 'Everybody draw Mohammed Day'
Yep, we went there. As the saying goes, “its on!” I’ve tracked this back to Reason’s Hit & Run – which is down with the idea by the way — who tracked it to The Stranger. The author of the … Continue reading
Posted in American Society, Current Events
Tagged Draw Mohammed Day, infidels, Islam, Islamic radicals, Prophet Mohammed, South Park
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Arizona Immigration Enforcement Law: D.O.A.?
With today’s passing of the Arizona’s immigration bill, better known as SB 1070, the Obama adminsitration is assailing Arizona’s efforts. The Plum Line | Obama Blasts Arizona Illegal Immigration Effort “Our failure to act responsibly at the Federal level will only … Continue reading
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Arizona's Governor Signs Immigration Bill Into Law.
Washington Post | Ariz. governor signs immigration enforcement bill Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer signed into law the nation’s toughest legislation against illegal immigration Friday, a sweeping measure that supporters said would take handcuffs off police but which President Barack Obama said … Continue reading
Jumping the shark on Kent Conrad and his budget proposal.
You know the old saying hindsight is 20/20? Well that may be true but my foresight when I posted ‘The US Road To Fiscal Sanity: Which road do we choose?’ was legally blind. I gave undo credit to Kent Conrad for what … Continue reading
The Epistemic Closure of Common Sense.
A few days ago right-sided pundits engaged in a sort of intellectual discussion spurred by libertarian writer, Julian Sanchez’s observation that conservatism is in the thralls of an “epistemic closure.”Or as Ross Douthat observes, ”the closing of the conservative mind.” For the … Continue reading
