The NY Times recently brought William Kristol onto its editorial pages and the uber-geniuses on the left fairly fell into heart palpitations at the news. The hatred that liberals so often express against anything conservative is as visceral as it is vicious and the Kristol case is consistent with that kind of caustic commentary. It’s…
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Marc is a software developer, writer, and part-time political know-it-all who currently resides in Texas in the good ol' U.S.A.
Antarctic Glacier Melt
From the Washington Post: Climatic changes appear to be destabilizing vast ice sheets of western Antarctica that had previously seemed relatively protected from global warming, researchers reported yesterday, raising the prospect of faster sea-level rise than current estimates. … "Without doubt, Antarctica as a whole is now losing ice yearly, and each year it’s losing…
The MSM’s Staggering Stupidity
Read Eugene Volokh’s post and be stupified by Ms. Magazine’s cowardly decision not to run the ad he highlights.
Huckabee’s Fair Tax Endorsed
Economist Steven Landsburg has a new article in Slate magazine in which he gives his approval to Huckabee’s Fair Tax plan. His conclusion: the underlying issue becomes a lot clearer once you realize that a sales tax is a modified income tax. The right question is: Is the proposed modification a good one? The answer,…
S.C. Republican Debate Live Blogging
Here are my quick-and-dirty notes about the debate. Economy Mitt Romney – we’re heading into a recession but that American jobs don’t have to be lost. During his leadership Massachusetts created jobs month after month. John McCain – the economy is basically sound but that we need a reality check: Some jobs have left our…
Proper Use of Technology
A geeky post about content filtering, personal data ownership, and teen suicide… The NY Times reports that the nation’s Internet Service Providers may be planning to being actively regulating the flow of content that is allowed to pass through their networks. These companies – AT&T, Verizon, etc. – generally either have a monopoly on broadband…
Huckabee Spurns Minutemen
Contrary to what was discussed yesterday, Mike Huckabee today denied that he will actively pursue an amendment to the Constitution that would eliminate so-called "birthright citizenship", saying: I do not support an amendment to the Constitution that would prevent children born in the U.S. to illegal aliens from automatically becoming American citizens. I have no…
Voter ID a Good Idea
A new Slate article says that Indiana’s Voter ID law is “harmful and worthless”, but I’d have to say that it’s Walter Dellinger and Sri Srinivasan’s piece that fits that description. Indiana’s law is a “solution” to a problem that doesn’t exist. The voting fraud it purports to address is illusory. And the means it…
Granite State Muddies Republican Waters
Fox News says that John McCain is the winner in New Hampshire’s Republican primary as he’s leading by a comfortable 9 point margin with 29% of the state’s precincts reporting. This makes the race for the GOP’s nomination that much more interesting with Mitt Romney barely ahead of Mike Huckabee in Michigan next week and…
Huckabee Would Repeal Birthright Citizenship
It’s been an interesting day to be a supporter of Mike Huckabee. First, Huckabeen gave the money quote of the day speaking about what the American people want from their government. Then came the Dick Armey attack. Now, an apparent and transparent Huckabee flip-flop regarding the children of illegal immigrants: Mike Huckabee wants to amend…