Dr. Jack Kevorkian will be released on parole June 1st after serving 8 years in prison for helping a 52 year old main suffering from Lou Gehrig’s Disease die. In various interviews, Kevorkian has said: “Legally it was wrong. It was an infraction of the law. I had to do it that way — or…
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Presidential Candidate Alignment
My presidential preferences, according to the SelectSmart.com poll. (Hat tip to David at the Mirror of Life) Your Results: 1. Theoretical Ideal Candidate (100%) 2. Mitt Romney (70%) Click here for info 3. John McCain (66%) Click here for info 4. Chuck Hagel (64%) Click here for info 5. Sam Brownback (62%) Click here for info 6. Tom Tancredo…
No Story Here
I read quite a few news sites and blogs and never ran across the case of Channon Christian and Christopher Newsom until David Broussard began to wonder why the case, one of the most horrific that I’ve ever read about, wasn’t getting any attention from the mainstream media. David says: There are those that say…
Worthless Votes
Texas state senator Mario Gallegos says that voting without identification is a right that must not be taken away: Every nonpartisan, academic study on the impact of voter ID laws in other states shows they suppress voter turnout among the elderly, low-income citizens, Hispanics, African-Americans and the disabled. But I don’t need a study to…
Too Few Prison Guards? Or Too Many Laws?
According to the Waco Tribune, Texas is short on prison guards to the tune of nearly 3200 officers. Exacerbating the problem is the fact that Texas plans to build three additional prisons in the near future. The Trib blames this shortage on the growing Texas economy that has been drawing workers from other states here….
How to Fight a War
Wars should be fought to win a victory against an aggressor. That is the true purpose of war. Not nation-building. Not leading an ungrateful rabble to the holy grail of democracy only to have them spit on it. Even preempting a potential enemy’s future capabilities is not, by itself, a reason to fight a war….
Thoughts on the ACLU
Russell recently took me to task over my statement that the ACLU actively seeks to suppress the Christian religion and highlighted one of his readers who pointed out several cases where the organization has defended individual high school student’s religious freedoms. These cases do muddy the waters. Even though it makes my distaste for the…
ACLU Sues School Over Bible Elective
The American “Civil Liberties” Union, along with People for the American Way and Jenner & Block, LLP, has filed a lawsuit against Ector County Independent School District, demanding the Odessa school system to stop teaching an optional Bible course, saying the elective “violates their religious liberty”. The plaintiffs’ position: “It’s important for students to be…
Defending Ron Paul
Tuesday night’s Republic debate highlighted Texas’ Ron Paul, a Libertarian disguised as a Republican, taking on a while handful of Republican party loyalists. As he did earlier in the month, Paul gave a lot better than he got.Traditional conservatives and Guiliani and McCain supporters are all over him for his anti-war position regarding Iraq. Why?…
Immigration Reform At Last?
A mixed bag of senators announced a “comprehensive” immigration reform plan today that, as I suspected, includes a well-defined path the citizenship for the current crop of illegals. CNN’s highlights: ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS: • Those who arrived before January 1, 2007, will be given immediate work authorization, granted a “Z” visa and put on path to…