Month: May 2005

I admire courage wherever I see it, and I can’t stop marveling over the fact that Glenn Reynolds actually dared to admit he found some topics (like social security) “boring.” Is it borderline treason for a blogger of Glenn Reynolds’ stature to make such an admission? It’s easy enough for me [as a second string…

I agree with Glenn Reynolds that this drivers license bill by Congressman Sensenbrenner (whose proposed drug laws I dislike even more) is unconstitutional. Yet I also agree that the merits of the law are good. As Glenn correctly asks, “why should illegal aliens be able to get drivers’ licenses?” How then, to achieve the merits,…

Whiskey is always a cruel tyrant and is a worse evil than chattel slavery. — Carry Nation Speaking of cleaning up filth, the following is from the autobiography of Carry Nation: ….after Mass I went into the house of the priest’s and asked for him. He could not be found but two priests tried to…

When WorldNetDaily and Andrew Sullivan agree on something, I think it’s at least worth mentioning in a blog post. Whether or not such agreement constitutes a “consensus” may be debated. But what they agree on is that there’s a coming showdown on homosexuality within the Catholic Church. According to WorldNetDaily, Sullivan — “the famous commentator…

A new scientific study shows that discrimination can kill. At least, the perception of discrimination: WASHINGTON, D.C., April 30 — The more discrimination African-American women report, the more likely they are to have coronary artery calcification, a buildup of calcium in the vessels that is associated with atherosclerosis, according to a study presented at the…

Through the grapevine, I’ve heard rumors that the blogosphere’s Great, Exalted and Specially Privileged Commenter Extraordinaire, Steven Malcolm Anderson, also known as “Steven Malcolm Anderson (Cato theElder) the Lesbian-worshipping man’s-man-admiring myth-based egoist“, is alive and well. It’s just an unofficially confirmed rumor, mind you. We can’t celebrate yet. (But I’m thinking about canceling that expensive…

It’s been some time since I wrote a post about animal cloning, but I see that there’s now legislation pending which would criminalize the practice in California: SACRAMENTO – With a Bay Area company making international headlines by pioneering commercial cloning, a state legislator said Monday he will try to outlaw the practice in California.…

Regarding the woman who preferred making herself a criminal rather than submit to the indignities of a gigantic, stressful wedding, I see that a number of bloggers are pointing out (quite correctly) the absurdity of the situation — especially the idea of making a wedding ceremony more important than the marriage itself. More than two…

As if there weren’t enough boring things in the world to yawn about, they’re still celebrating Mayday around the world: Millions of workers from Tokyo to Havana and across Europe took to the streets in May Day rallies and marches to demand improved conditions and protest government policies. From a rally of 5,000 Bangladeshis seeking…

I can’t think of a more perfect example of why the mainstream media hates bloggers than this: Los Angeles Times editors have edited a Reuters story to remove critical facts supporting the U.S. position on an important international issue. This morning?s L.A. Times publishes an article about the March 4 shooting by U.S. soldiers of…

The debate over theocracy is heating up — and not just in the blogosphere. It’s reached the point where the Philadelphia Inquirer’s Dick Polman now puts it on the front page of the Sunday paper, in a column titled “Right risks a backlash from fears of theocracy.” He’s even cited a “conservative” Tennessee blogger with…