…I wrote this slam in response to a newspaper column by Ana Veciana-Suarez about child care.
Author: marc
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.
Mandatory Organ Donation
Elizabeth Chapman says that “Organs should belong to public, not deceased“. The thing is, after a person dies, the body isn’t really his own to donate or keep to himself. No matter how one looks at it, property rights are for the living. … The disconcerting truth is that, after death, human bodies are as…
3 Years Ago This Week…
I wrote this about the war in Iraq. Choice quote: “What I wonder is how long it will be before we’re training and turning out respectable numbers of Iraqis capable of defending their own country? Will this in fact ever be possible?” I still wonder. And I doubt it.
Bad Time for a Strike
US Airways machinists must be living in a different country than I am. They’ve rejected the airline’s offer of a minimal wage cut. Read about it on MSNBC.com Any job is a good job at this particular moment.
Illegal Wiretaps Bad…Ya Think?
The Constitution got a bit of good news today as a judge invalidated W’s illegal wiretapping operation. This isn’t the end of the story, I suspect, as the decision is already under appeal. Bill Frist says: “Terrorists are the real threat to our constitutional and democratic freedoms, not the law enforcement and intelligence tools used…
The Middle East
Lou Dobbs of CNN says America doesn’t know what it’s doing in the Middle East. That’s certainly true. The Bush legacy of a democratic Iraq is an effort akin to trying to get 9 pregnant women together with the idea of making a baby in 1 month – it isn’t going to work out. There…
The Difference
So I’ve been bad-mouthing Muslims lately – at least some could see it that way – but here’s an example of the difference between their way of doing things and ours. The American system is not perfect, but it is a system with a logical intent – and that means a lot. Yes, there’s politics,…
The Problem Demonstrated
I was saying the other day that there is a problem with the religion of Islam. This was just demonstrated by the gruesome murders of 2 American soldiers. As horrific as this act undoubtedly was, Americans have to accept casualties like this if we believe in this war, just as we will have to search…
The Problem with Muslims
There is a problem with the practicioners of the Islamic religion, that must be said from the start. This problem isn’t that it’s a false religion or that its adherents are Satan worshippers or, worse yet, bad dressers – it’s that too many Muslims give both tacit and tangible approval to murderers. This can be…
Stephen Hawking: We Must Colonize Space
Stephen Hawking says the survival of the human race depends on its ability to find new homes elsewhere in the universe because there’s an increasing risk that a disaster will destroy Earth. Amen, brother.