To Torture or Not
by Mark Kleiman says that General Petraeus’ recent denouncement of the use of torture demands that those “who accuse those who oppose torture of being foolishlly …
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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.
A Bad Week to be a Teacher
First, Michael van der Galien says that group of teachers from Tennessee need to be fired and quick. Why? From CNN: Staff members of an …
Farmers Branch, TX: Illegal Renters Not Welcome
According to the Houston Chronicle residents of Farmers Branch have voted to make it illegal for landlords to rent to illegal immigrants: Voters in this …
Guiliani & Abortion – Finally Some Sense
Rudy Guiliani recently ensured that anti-abortion Republicans would have to look elsewhere for a candidate who represents them on that issue by re-stating his belief …
Hate Crime Laws are Anti-American
The Ayn Rand Institute says that the federal hate crimes law that the House recently voted to expand should be done away with rather than …
Doing Whatever It Takes
Locke High School in the Watts area of Los Angeles is making news not because of poor performance or school violence, but because the school’s …
America Competes Act (Farce?)
The U.S. Senate recently passed, with no discernible fanfare whatsoever, a bill entitled the America Competes Act. According to EdNews.org: the bill would increase research …
Pro-America Europe?
The winds of change may have shifted again in Europe. France yesterday elected Nicolas Sarcozy, the conservative candidate, as its president. As Marc Schulman notes, …
Pushing Back on Islam
As I recently wrote in “Assimilating Islam“, I believe it’s important that Americans and our justice system establish clear lines about what we will and …
The God Debate
Is there a God who actively works in Earth’s affairs? Those who answer “No” have virtually nothing to discuss with those who assent, whether deist, …