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Monthly Archives: August 2009
The passing of "the Liberal Lion"
The evil that men do lives after them,The good is oft interred with their bones;So let it be with Caesar. Shakespeare, Julius Caesar; Act 3, Scene 2 Well he’s dead now, and the coverage is… actually less sickeningly sacharine than … Continue reading
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Our national debt
Note: This appeared as the weekend op-ed in the paper. In the Carboniferous Epoch we were promised abundance for all,By robbing selected Peter to pay for collective Paul;But, though we had plenty of money, there was nothing our money could … Continue reading
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What to expect when your doctor is a government employee
Note: A shorter version of this appeared as the weekend op-ed in the Times-Record. It had to be shorter, I could have gone on at consdierably greater length just on examples from people I know personally. The president and congress … Continue reading
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Here’s my favorite cartoon
Yale University Press is publishing a book by Jytte Klausen, entitled The Cartoons that Shook the World. Among other things, the book is of course about the cartoons of Mohammed published in the Danish newspaper Jylland- Posten in September, 2005, … Continue reading
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I have a very bad feeling about Afghanistan
It looks like President Obama wants his very own war, and I have a very bad feeling about it. Long time readers may remember I was cautiously supportive of the Iraq occupation for a couple of reasons. Though recognizing it … Continue reading
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The seductive lure of conspiracy theories
My weekend op-ed in the newspaper. To conspire,” verb: from the Latin con spirare, “to breathe with”: 1. to join in a secret agreement to do an unlawful or wrongful act or an act which becomes unlawful as a result … Continue reading
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A pleasant satirical exchange in the morning
Monday morning I came into work to find the email copied below from a local resident commenting on my weekend op-ed posted below as “Dane-geld.” It was marinated in mild sarcasm, so I responded in kind. The resident does this … Continue reading
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A cloud on the horizon, no bigger than a man’s hand
Last October I wrote ‘The Perfect Storm of the Left,’ published on The Atlasphere and posted here. http://rantsand.blogspot.com/2008/10/perfect-storm-of-left.html Comments were mostly favorable with some demurrals along the lines of,“Oh I don’t think it’ll be THAT bad – just like Jimmy … Continue reading
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The Internet Snitch Brigade
If you’ll have a look at this article by prize-winning investigative journalist and major hottie Michelle Malkin here: http://townhall.com/columnists/MichelleMalkin/2009/08/07/whos_behind_the_internet_snitch_brigade Czardom has its privileges. This week, President Obama’s health care overlord, Nancy DeParle, launched a taxpayer-funded initiative to recruit an Internet … Continue reading
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My recent "West and the Rest" moment
I just spent Friday covering the second day of a two-day jury trial, and am currently wrestling with how to write it up. Apparently I missed all the excitement the first day of the trial. Thursday I saw a cop … Continue reading →