So, we have reports that President Obama is backing a suggesting by Attorney General Holder to appoint a special prosecutor. The special prosecutor will go after people involved in the CIA’s use of torture to interrogate prisoners, including the decidedly… Continue Reading
I’ve made a significant update to yesterday’s post about predicitions of the future effects of same-sex marriage in New England and Iowa. If the issue interests you, please revisit that post. Thank you for your attention.
Over at TOries_and_WingNuts_ALL.com Townhall.com, another example of a thoughtful writer manifesting sanity and principle in the face of the shriller, more headline-generating style of what gets called “conservative” in political debate these days. In essence, Steve Chapman points out that… Continue Reading
I don’t know why people find Ted Olson’s advocacy against Proposition 8 to be so surprising. He got to being opposed to Prop. 8 the same way a lot of people did — by realizing that restricting marriage to opposite-sex… Continue Reading
Concerning the issue of why, exactly, one should oppose health care reform, let me take on the subject of “Death Panels” and why, although they are a red herring, they reveal something interesting about the issue of how we deal… Continue Reading
I know it’s a little confusing. But here’s the thing. There is no Administration proposal for health care reform. Instead, what we’ve got are a set of principles and ideas that the President floated — first as a candidate and… Continue Reading
To be ‘appalled’ implies a degree of moral outrage combined with being surprised. I cannot say, therefore, that I am appalled at what is happening with people discussing health care reform — because quite frankly, I expected the debate to… Continue Reading
In a word, it’s because even though the host and his writers are all overtly liberal-with-libertarian leanings, if you go on the show, you get a fair chance to express yourself in your own words. Yes, it’s a comedy show… Continue Reading
A group of nonbelievers in Des Moines, the Iowa Atheists and Freethinkers (“IAF”), took out out some advertisements for the sides of busses run by the Des Moines Area Rapid Transit District (“DART”). The advertisements looked like this: DART received… Continue Reading
Just because you disagree with the Democrats’ proposal about health care reform does not make you a Nazi. No one is wearing swastikas to town hall meetings, Madam Speaker. Reductio ad Hitlerum does not sit on you very well. The… Continue Reading