Received this unattributed depiction of liberalism in the natural world via email: The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter. The grasshopper thinks the ant is a fool and laughs and dances and plays the summer away. Come winter, the shivering grasshopper calls…
Month: May 2007
Russia’s New Aims
Perhaps I shouldn’t call them new – Vlad Putin’s had a plan in mind for quite a while, I now understand – but his real objectives are new to me. It’s a bit embarrassing, really, to have missed the obvious. Putin’s policies (and tantrums) have never been about Iraq, although that little debacle has certainly…
To Die For
Dr. Jack Kevorkian will be released on parole June 1st after serving 8 years in prison for helping a 52 year old main suffering from Lou Gehrig’s Disease die. In various interviews, Kevorkian has said: “Legally it was wrong. It was an infraction of the law. I had to do it that way — or…
Presidential Candidate Alignment
My presidential preferences, according to the SelectSmart.com poll. (Hat tip to David at the Mirror of Life) Your Results: 1. Theoretical Ideal Candidate (100%) 2. Mitt Romney (70%) Click here for info 3. John McCain (66%) Click here for info 4. Chuck Hagel (64%) Click here for info 5. Sam Brownback (62%) Click here for info 6. Tom Tancredo…
No Story Here
I read quite a few news sites and blogs and never ran across the case of Channon Christian and Christopher Newsom until David Broussard began to wonder why the case, one of the most horrific that I’ve ever read about, wasn’t getting any attention from the mainstream media. David says: There are those that say…
Worthless Votes
Texas state senator Mario Gallegos says that voting without identification is a right that must not be taken away: Every nonpartisan, academic study on the impact of voter ID laws in other states shows they suppress voter turnout among the elderly, low-income citizens, Hispanics, African-Americans and the disabled. But I don’t need a study to…
Too Few Prison Guards? Or Too Many Laws?
According to the Waco Tribune, Texas is short on prison guards to the tune of nearly 3200 officers. Exacerbating the problem is the fact that Texas plans to build three additional prisons in the near future. The Trib blames this shortage on the growing Texas economy that has been drawing workers from other states here….
How to Fight a War
Wars should be fought to win a victory against an aggressor. That is the true purpose of war. Not nation-building. Not leading an ungrateful rabble to the holy grail of democracy only to have them spit on it. Even preempting a potential enemy’s future capabilities is not, by itself, a reason to fight a war….
Thoughts on the ACLU
Russell recently took me to task over my statement that the ACLU actively seeks to suppress the Christian religion and highlighted one of his readers who pointed out several cases where the organization has defended individual high school student’s religious freedoms. These cases do muddy the waters. Even though it makes my distaste for the…
ACLU Sues School Over Bible Elective
The American “Civil Liberties” Union, along with People for the American Way and Jenner & Block, LLP, has filed a lawsuit against Ector County Independent School District, demanding the Odessa school system to stop teaching an optional Bible course, saying the elective “violates their religious liberty”. The plaintiffs’ position: “It’s important for students to be…