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Monthly Archives: October 2007
That which must not be said – and why it must be
Dr. James Watson at 79 should be used to controversy by now. Evidently he is known as somewhat of a loose cannon at scientific conferences for coming up with off-the-wall statements on all kinds of subjects, not always related to … Continue reading
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Can I please exercise my right not to care?
Did you hear Dumbledore is gay? Excuse me, but you’ve obviously mistaken me for someone who gives an expletive deleted. I haven’t read the Harry Potter books, but evidently there isn’t the slightest hint in the text about Albus Dumbledore’s … Continue reading
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The Power of the Dog
Lately I’ve been marginally aware that there is some kind of news story involving Ellen Degeneres and a puppy. Don’t bother filling me in, I could care less and don’t have the foggiest notion why this is even news. Well, … Continue reading
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Welcome to the Balkans
I urge all of you interested in foreign affairs, and those of you who share a horrified fascination with the Clintons’ mismanagement of them, to check out Marvin Olasky’s column “Leaping Before We Looked: The Clinton Administration’s Bosnian Failure” in … Continue reading
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How about these resolutions?
One day in 1997, just after I had just returned from living in Serbia, I was sitting in a cafe in Warsaw with a well-known Polish artist. We were talking the news concerning the possibilities of war crimes trials in … Continue reading
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My crackpot theory about Al Gore’s Nobel
The fact that Al Gore got a Nobel Peace Prize for promoting a scientific theory that rests on… shall we say, less than rigorous science, has come as no surprise to anyone. The list of recipients over the past generation … Continue reading
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What I’ve been doing lately – keeping busy and interviewing freedom fighters
Keeping busy mostly. And a good thing too, I’m in DC without my family and if I don’t keep busy I miss them dreadfully. Nonetheless, this is an interesting town – sometimes for surprising reasons. There are of course the … Continue reading
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Senator Coleman, when did Karl Marx replace John Locke in our public discourse?
Note: cross-posted at The Right Angle http://www.humanevents.com/rightangle/index.php?p=25070 Friday, October 5 Senator Norm Coleman (R-MN) spoke at the Heritage Foundation in Washington on attempts to revive the Fairness Doctrine. I doubt that I have yet heard a more eloquent, well-thought-out defense … Continue reading
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Friday visited the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum
Friday is a half-day for me. So afterwards I walked back towards Capitol Hill, ate lunch at the Hard Rock Cafe (in company with mostly older folks like myself, some with kids) and then walked across the street to see … Continue reading
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Poles hanging tough in Iraq
Cross-posted at Human Events, The Right Angle http://humanevents.com/rightangle/index.php?p=24999 and you might post comments there. The Polish ambassador to Iraq was wounded in an attack Wednesday. In spite of the general unpopularity of the war, the President and Prime Minister of … Continue reading
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