What is religion? That sounds like a stupid question, but the word is used so much and so often that its meaning seems to be taken for granted. I say this because last night I wrote a flippant post titled “Entertaining Satanic thoughts” and this morning I am more baffled than entertained. It’s like, whether [...]

I’ve been thinking about who to endorse for president. Considering that “America is Satan,” and considering that “a vote for Romney is a vote for Satan,” it might be a no-brainer. I have no idea what would possess me to have such thoughts suddenly and without warning pop into my evil mind… Perhaps I watched [...]

I’m so sick of being negative that I’m feeling negative about negativity. I often wish I had never heard of politics. The presidential race is incredibly irritating, and I am not only sick of it, I am sick of my pessimism about the results. It seems like we’re in for a lose-lose. Whoever wins the [...]

Sarah’s excellent post about the Republican “war on women” made so many good points that I feel a bit guilty about neglecting the issue. First, I think Rick Santorum added to the confusion deliberately created by President Obama, George Stephanopoulos, and others when he sounded off on contraception. That he is on record as opposing [...]

So it’s come to this. Whether because it has been legislated away or voluntarily surrendered, Americans’ privacy has largely disappeared. Our rulers are getting ever bolder, so robot drones are now poised to fly over our homes. A few kooky types like libertarians and whiners at the ACLU are sounding the alarm, but the law enforcement [...]

One of the most galling aspects of government is that the people who engage in reckless spending and make irresponsible decisions are never held accountable. Instead, the citizens are. By their nature, governments cannot go broke. Instead, they simply go on. And on. Harrisburg is perfect example. And unless voters wake up en masse, what [...]

While I have written many posts reminding readers of what I have said over the years, sometimes I need to remind myself of what I have said. More times than I can count (and long before the Tea Party movement’s inception) I have advocated an alliance between libertarians and social conservatives. Hell, FWIW I even [...]

When Ron Paul recently asked “why is it we can’t put into our body whatever we want?” he was speaking in the context of the war on drugs. But the war on drugs might have merely supplied the pretext, and set the stage for a much broader application of the question. These days, what Ron Paul [...]

Sometimes I love Ron Paul. Especially when he says things like this: VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul decried the “war on drugs” Thursday night, telling supporters in Washington state that people should be able to make their own decisions on such matters. Voters in Washington are likely to decide this year [...]

I’m so fatigued by reading about politics that I am starting to misread politics into non-political headlines. Earlier, when I saw a headline proclaiming that “parasitic wasp is no match for a drunken fruit fly,” I assumed it was some snarky political junkie analyzing the election or something. Wrong. It really was about an alcohol-related battle [...]

While I have been trying to sleep through the sudden Santorum surge in the hope of making it go away, Ace has a very articulate series of impassioned posts which are not only waking me up, but are making me feel guilty that I am not doing enough. An erstwhile Perry supporter, Ace now faces [...]

I can remember back when I was a kid, when being against birth control was seen as almost as nutty as not believing in evolution. It all seems so damn long ago. Way back in the modern era, when no one knew how backward we were. This is not to say that I use birth [...]

I’m a bit skeptical, especially as to exactly how this accident (an electronic cigarette apparently exploded in a man’s face) might have happened. But I noticed that the e-cigarette does use a lithium ion battery. They certainly can explode, and they have in occasional cellphones and laptops (although 43 fires in 60 million laptops seems like [...]

Earlier I read the libertarian case for Santorum (by John Samples, Director of Cato’s Center for Representative Government): One recent poll has the former senator running even with Obama, but most polls have shown a decided gap of about eight points between the incumbent and Santorum. Right now the latter is not well-known to most [...]

While I haven’t followed Rick Santorum as closely as I probably should have, via Glenn Reynolds I found a lovely remark he made about libertarians which displeased Neal Boortz big time: “I am not a libertarian, and I fight very strongly against libertarian influence within the Republican Party and the conservative movement. I don’t think the [...]

Finally, I earned something! I was awarded the above Certificate of Achievement, suitable for framing. And you can get one too! All you need to do is answer a simple 20 question test that Virginia Postrel linked in her very amusing “Can You Pass the ‘Beverly Hillbillies’ Test” article. The idea is to to determine [...]

While I don’t have all day to study it in detail, I found this Atlantic article (“How Your Cat Is Making You Crazy“) deeply absorbing. A scientist has spent many years researching the psychological effects of human infection by the common protozoal agent Toxoplasma gondii, transmitted primarily by the house cat. He claims to have studied [...]

Via Glenn Reynolds (who properly warns not to take counsel of your fears), I was drawn one of the most thoughtful — if fearfully depressing — analyses of the Republican plight that I have seen. Here’s John Hinderaker: Nevertheless, if you are a Republican, the vibes are very bad. The presidential primary season has turned into [...]

Last night, I asked what I thought was a rhetorical question. The goal is beating Obama, right? Just thought I’d ask. Several commenters replied that the goal is not beating Obama, so I guess my question was not as rhetorical as I thought. If the goal is not beating Obama, despite the fact that the [...]

Why is it that the only choices offered to GOP primary voters are Establishment RINO types, ridiculous social conservatives, or ridiculous libertarians? Commenting on Rick Santorum’s “victories” in three “primaries,” Bill Quick (via Stacy McCain) said this: What you see here, though, isn’t a giant boom for what Santorum is pushing, especially the socon stuff, which [...]