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Monthly Archives: March 2010
Tom Hanks is a brilliant actor, director, and a jackass
Note: I dashed this off in about 20 minutes in white hot anger after the last post got spiked as my weekend op-ed. This is the one that got published. I’ve expanded it slightly to include some more of that … Continue reading
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What’s with the U.S. and Israel?
Note: My weekend op-ed. Spiked. The Day of Judgment will not come about until Muslims fight the Jews (killing the Jews), when the Jew will hide behind stones and trees. The stones and trees will say O Muslims, O Abdullah*, … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Terrorism
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Hold on to your hats, it’s coming!
“Great changes should not be forced on slim majorities.” -Thomas Jefferson This is Saturday, and they say a vote on Obamacare could be tomorrow. Though polls show majority public disapproval, Intrade Prediction Markets is selling bets it’ll pass by July … Continue reading
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Mean Greens and werewolves
Note: my weekend op-ed. I’ve just read an interesting study about how buying green makes people mean. Two PhDs at the University of Toronto; Chen-Bo Zhong, Assistant Professor of Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, and Nina Mazar, Assistant Professor … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, On Thinking, Politics, Social Science & History
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For the bias file: Amy Goodman
The following is a column by Amy Goodman, published March 12, 2010, about the death of a 23-year-old American student named Rachel Corrie, who was crushed to death by an Israeli military bulldozer On March 16, 2003. Corrie’s parents are … Continue reading
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My path to punditry
Note: Weekend op-ed/ “We find comfort among those who agree with us, growth among those who don’t.” -Frank A. Clark, newspaperman I don’t suppose it would surprise anyone to know that I, like every small-town newspaper columnist, would like to … Continue reading
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Hannah Giles is hotter than a three-dollar pistol
Christian/Conservative commenter Doug Giles has a post defending his daughter Hannah’s work, with James O’Keefe in exposing ACORN as a criminal racket, albeit supported by highly-placed politicians, by a tight-assed Christian lady by the name of Dawn Eden (can that … Continue reading
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The American Empire that wasn’t
I guess I’m feeling the effects of the long northern winters. I’m beginning to sound depressed, even to myself. I promise, I’ll get back to something more cheerful soon. Or maybe not. A while back I promised a regular feature … Continue reading
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Sociology for Cynics
Last night, as I was about to call it a night, this idea just popped into my head, virtually full-grown. Damned if I know where it came from, I wasn’t thinking about the Grand Scope of History, I was reading … Continue reading
Posted in Social Science & History
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Legislating Moral Indignation
Note: The case referred to was a disorderly conduct charge against a 14-year-old girl who in Feb., 2009, called a 17-year-old black girl the N-word outside the local teen center. She then followed her into the bathroom at a pizza … Continue reading
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