I think it’s a good one. I part ways with many liberal and moderate friends over Citizens United. I simply cannot see that having the government regulate the political speech of any citizen or group of citizens will have a positive effect. Learn to live with freedom of speech. It may be messy, but it’s…
I’ve been rather interested in the reaction to Keith Olbermann’s couple of day vacation. There was quite an outcry when Fox’s parent corporation donated money to the Republicans and at the time I wondered just who imagined that such a corporation would actually be neutral on such issues. Where they give their money is a…
I could have sworn I was a left-leaning libertarian, and certainly more moderate than this one makes me: My Political ViewsI am a right social libertarianRight: 3.77, Libertarian: 5.64Political Spectrum Quiz Though this part doesn’t surprise me a bit: My Foreign Policy ViewsScore: -7.02Political Spectrum Quiz And this was a bit further left than I’d…
I found this image via the Vietnamese commerce web site Thuonggiaviet.com. I don’t read Vietnamese at all, but I occasionally read the site using Google Translator, a mildly challenging proposition. I tracked the image to the artist, John Strieder, on deviantart.com. I’m not posting it here, despite the fact that I found it on a…
These are five significant sites I read because of the things on which I disagree with the writer(s). That doesn’t mean I disagree with everything, but rather that I was attracted to the site and continue to read primarily because of my disagreement. I read a number of news sources and some individual blogs on…
From the New York Times editorial today: But many of Mr. DeLay’s actions remain legal only because lawmakers have chosen not to criminalize them. Such wisdom! This is obviously why we need the mainstream media to keep us all straight. (HT: Volokh and Pursuing Holiness)
There is very little that offends me more than the idea of manipulating people into Christian events or trying to convert them by force.
I’ve been thinking of writing something about this for some time. The problem is that I think it’s fairly clear. First, there’s no legitimate legal reason to prevent the building of this mosque. Second, I don’t think it is appropriate, nor does it send a good message, for Christians to oppose those of another faith…
Our local excuse for the press, the Pensacola News Journal, is in endorsements season, and like many papers, they pick one in each of the primaries. Thus they have endorsed one Republican and one Democrat for governor. I should note first that I have a problem with newspapers or media organizations endorsing politicians. I don’t…
I live on the Gulf Coast, but I’ve continued to go to BP gas stations. Yes, I deplore what has happened, and the negligence involved, though I think our national push for more and cheaper oil is an underlying cause of the problem. But I hadn’t blogged about it. Allan Bevere did so on his…