The University of North Carolina is in hot water over its required summer reading program. Read about in at CNN.com. The real problem, however, is not the required reading of Islamic passages. The real issue is the size of the uproar that would burst into being if students were required to read similar Christian passages….
Op-Ed Blog
Baseball Strike: I Dare Them!
Baseball players and management are talking strike again. I hope they do strike. That way I can wash my hands completely of the sport. Who do these pampered brats think they are? I’ve barely watched a game since their petulance cancelled the World Series some years back. The World Series, for Pete’s sake. That’s equivalent…
Cuba Restrictions Outdated
It is one thing to stand up against a rising tide of Communism as the U.S. did for four decades; it is quite another to old a personal grudge against the leader of a tiny, insignificant nation such as Cuba. Based information that is available, there is no reason for the U.S. to continue sanctions…
Final Frontier Justice
In a new and bizarre case, junior-level employees of NASA have been accused of stealing valuable moon rock samples and attempting to sell them. Read the report by Mark Carreau and Roma Khanna of the Houston Chronicle. Amusing, but nothing more than another case of good employee gone bad, right? Not so fast, says Thom…
Bonfire Lawsuit Ruling
In a ruling that will be appealed, a federal judge has issued mixed ruling, indicating that Texas A&M University cannot be sued in federal court while at the same time indicating he may have felt the school was negligent. Read the Associated Press article in the Houston Chronicle As one who has attended several bonfires…
Fit to Judge?
Referring to yesterday’s editorial on judicial confirmations, it seems the Houston Chronicle and the Senators themselves, in some cases, agree. Read the article by Julie Mason The closing quote from Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Ill seems to say it all.
Confirmations Overdue
Senate Democrats have managed to confirm only eleven of over thirty judicial appointments made by President Bush, this according to the Houston Chronicle. While there seems to be plenty of time to posture over Houston’s own Enron scandal and more than enough time to pester President Bush over a decade-old, trivial stock transaction, there apparently…
The Final Frontier
Space is truly one of the final frontiers. Where else has the footprint of man not been felt? Only the deepest depths of the oceans have escaped our influence. There is, I think, more to be gained by examining our Earth’s cousins in the solar system than probing the seas here at home. Considering the…
Rail Killer
Dean Kamen’s Segway HT, short for Human Transport, has opened a new frontier in the battle with traffic congestion and air pollution. If you are not familiar with the device, read this article by Jane Hadley of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Imagine five lanes of traffic filled carbon monoxide belching automobiles, lined up and immobile as…
Pop Star Politics
Apparently pop singer Moby wants to use his 15 minutes of fame for something meaningful. “I resent having our foreign policy determined by oil men,” he wrote. “And I resent having a cabinet that is filled with old men who have no understanding of the new economy. And I resent anachronistic, right wing politics that…