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Are you tired of politics?
God knows, I am. As big a politics junkie as I used to be – in my time as a flag-wavin’, God-fearin’ Republican there wasn’t a Townhall.com update I didn’t read, nor an issue of The Economist I didn’t completely consume for more general news before moving on to a …
Stalin = Hitler
”It is is depressing that it even needed to be discussed,” begins The Economist latest Europe.view column. From that opening sentence it proceeds to inform us of the Russian reaction to a resolution by the OSCE (Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe) equating Stalin with Hitler.
’…the OSCE resolution prompted outrage …
Reforming Louisiana
It looks like a charismatic politician just might be able to [drain a swamp after all]](http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/28/us/28jindal.html?ex=1361854800&en=071abe8eb67bfd6d&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss):
Downstairs, legislators gnashed their teeth, while upstairs at the Capitol here this week, the new governor claimed victory against the old customs down below.
Six weeks into the term of Gov. Bobby Jindal, an extensive …
Its troubles are over, Guys
Test: Can you tell whether this cow was treated well or not?
How much histrionic handwringing about this beef recall do we have to endure? From The New York Times, presumably nicknamed ”The Gray Lady” because it’s gone senile, writes:
”A nauseating video of cows stumbling on their way to a California slaughterhouse has …
Quoted for truth
One of The Economist’s recent blog entries reminds me of why I like the magazine as much as I do, notwithstanding its faults. Can you see any mainstream American newspaper making this comparison?
”IMAGINE Nazi rule in Germany surviving for decades, with Hitler undefeated in war and succeeded on his death in the …
Fear Chinese imports
Well, the Chinese have stopped even pretending concern for the welfare of the foreign peoples to whom they export. As if shipping potentially hazardous tires, dolls, wooden art sets, and even faulty fortune cookies wasn’t enough, now they’re selling people missiles.
But Saudi Arabia, a country so renowned for being concerned with safety that it …
Kill the Seals and the Dolphins!
Dear Reader, some mornings I wake up and ask myself: ”Self, how much are hated, really hated?”. Invariably the answer that comes back is ”Not nearly enough”. This morning, I’m going to take the first step towards changing that.
Over the weekend, I saw this video of pretty people trying to save pretty animals, dolphins in …
Waterboarding is Torture
I have to admit that I’ve been on the fence for a while about whether or not waterboarding constitutes true torture. Mainly, I was ignorant about what waterboarding really was. And I was blissfully ignorant. I passed up many opportunities to find out what it really was.
This morning, my ignorance ended and my certainty began. …
The Futility of Politics
A hypothetical: a friend of yours asks you for relationship advice.
See, he and the gay lover for whom he abandoned his pregnant, live-in girlfriend can’t agree on which window treatment they prefer for their new apartment, and despite all the other personal differences they’ve managed to amicably settle – like your friend’s being an Anglican …
Terrorists' rights: An apology
Above: ”Achmed, they’ve just subpoena’d Osama!”
You could quite justifiably tell me I’m a little late to discuss whether captured terrorists should be allowed full trials according to American law; after all, the Supreme Court ruled the answer to be a big old Yes well over a year ago now.
But I’ve got something to get off …