The L.A. Times, perhaps emboldened by it’s potential re-purchase by the Chandler family, published an interesting opinion piece by Dinesh D’Souza entitled “How the left led us into 9/11“. Here’s the argument: In considering a funding cutoff for U.S. troops in Iraq, the liberal leadership in Congress runs the risk of making the United States…
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Health, Ethics, and Stem Cell Research
Everyone wants to live longer, healthier lives, don’t they? Actually, no, most Americans don’t care enough about their quality of life to take the steps needed to maintain and improve their physical well-being. Call it anecdotal evidence if you want to but this claim seems self-evident: people say they care about their own bodies but…
New Iraq Strategy
Marc Schulman recently posted a compelling analysis of the “new approach” in which he tenatively supports the change in strategy given that the Iraqi government does its part. For the most part I agree with his position. One statement I don’t agree with completely is this one in reference to the psychological stress of war:…
Immigration = Assimilation
I’ve discussed illegal immigration at great length in my previous blog (from which my posts will, eventually, be extracted and published here). My position is essentially that: Immigration into the U.S. should be closely managed by our government The U.S. should provide a clear, orderly process toward citizenship We should have a well-defined and regulated…
Schoolgirl Bullies
It’s shades of the Glenbrook Girls all over again, only the new girls from hell are so proud of what they’re doing that they’re uploading the videos to the Internet. Last month in New Jersey, a girl was stalked and deliberately attacked by multiple female schoolmates and beaten outside a school gym. “It was brutal,”…
Jewish Support for Illegal Immigration?
David Schraub thinks that Jews should support Latinos in their “struggle” to immigrate to the U.S. In his post he points out that Samuel Freedman wrote: “this means creating a rational route to citizenship for the millions of illegal immigrants. They inhabit a netherworld, holding jobs that Americans cannot or will not take while having…
Back in Iraq
I didn’t catch Bush’s speech on tube, but reading it is undoubtedly better than watching him deliver it anyway. That said, it’s not the most informative piece of writing I’ve ever seen. To me this is the most important bit: It is in the interests of the United States to stand with the brave men…
Texas Executes Child Killer
The world is just that much better off tonight, I say, holding my thumb and index finger about a half-centimeter apart, now that Carlos Granados is no longer in it. In their usual fashion, the Houston Chronicle implies that this act is somehow wrong by using phraseology such as: “the nation’s busiest capital punishment state”…
Minimum Wage Increase? Bad Idea…
…unless you’re a Democrat fulfilling a campaign promise. Look, there’s this little think called the bottom line that most college grads have heard of. It’s the one that says, “Mr. Biz Owner, you can spend $X on labor and still make the type of profit that’s going to keep you in business.” An increase in…
Excessive Compensation Bad for Investors
Chuck Moore says “I think this is obscene. It is not just this one but hundreds like this case. Does this come from stockholder equity?” What’s got his goat? This: Pfizer Inc.’s former chief executive, Henry A. McKinnell’s “involuntary” retirement package, which the company disclosed in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission Thursday,…