The truth is that I don’t know much about Rudy Guilani. He’s known for being mayor of New York City and my world could hardly be more different than his. After all, there’s no comparison between the Big Apple and rural Texas. But today ‘s interview with Larry King showed me something – a man…
Op-Ed Blog
Rape, a New Definition
A recent Time article begins thusly: If a woman consents to having sex with a man but then during intercourse says no, and the man continues, is it rape? The answer depends on where you live. The highest courts of seven states, including Connecticut and Kansas, have ruled that a woman may withdraw her consent…
Schools’ Accountability
There’s been a vigorous debate about accountability in our schools and in it there’s almost always a tacit assumption that the physical safety of the children need not be discussed, that it’s been taken care of. However, one need not think too hard about that assumption to see that it is false, as in this…
Free Speech on Campus
Do you think America’s campuses are places where young people are encouraged to think hard thoughts and engage in challenging debates with their peers? Think again. Follow Jason Steck’s link to John Leo’s essay exposing our universities for what they are: intellectual frauds. Update, 2/9/2007 It didn’t take long to find another institution of higher…
Corruption of Elections
In the past I’ve written that the excessive influence of money in the political process is one of the biggest problems we face in America today. Recently Hillary Clinton, no stranger to the raising of money nor to the elections process, announced that she was seeking an “inner circle” of donaters who met the 1…
Apologies for Slavery
USA Today says that Virginia lawmakers are going on the record as having “profound regret” over the state’s slavery-tinged history. And Polimom, a Houston-area blogger, says: The truth is that all of those caveats and concerns have nothing whatsoever to do with why there should be an apology. I think the collective American consciousness is…
Troops on the Border
In a recent event, American National Guard troops retreated when confronted by what is presumed to be a heavily armed band of drug traffickers near Sasabe, Arizona. No shots were fired in the incident. Neither were any of the intruders detained. From the Washington Times: Maj. Gen. David P. Rataczak, adjutant general of the Arizona…
Every Child Left Behind
I love the federal laws Congress passes: they always have such vivid, meaningful names, names that simply scream, “If you don’t support me you must be a ______”. Just let your imagination fill in the blank. The Patriot Act? You’ve got to be for that. No Child Left Behind? Only the grinch or a Islamic…
State of the Union
Reading through the transcript of President Bush’s speech, I was immediately struck by the urgency of the situation in Iraq and how important it is that we give the Iraqi people one more opportunity to secure their country. Although we do not belong there, should never have gone there, and have bungled the situation there,…
Abortion, the Right to Kill
It’s a Liberal Issue Democrats embrace abortion as a political issue because it’s one that can bring in a high percentage of votes in a particular demographic: the liberal female vote. For Dems it’s a no-brainer – abortion may be the only issue that they have the popular vote on their side. They milk it…