I’ve tried to not get drawn in to lengthy arguments on the Internets. You rarely convince anyone of anything that they didn’t already agree with you on. What I look for, though, are well-argued positions and every once in a… Continue Reading
A friend of mine spammed me today with a video about how evil the big corporations Fox and Monsanto are because they’re lying to the public about the dangers of recombined bovine growth hormone. My characteristically verbose response: My view… Continue Reading
The FBI wants to collect and amalgamate a variety of biometric data on Americans – not just criminals, but all Americans and a number of non-Americans, too. Seems to me that if the biometric data is given up, either as… Continue Reading
This is small-town politics executed clumsier than usual. First there was the “God resolution” and now this. Actually, the return of the term limits puts the “God resolution” in a whole new light, as the Commissioners were clearly scrambling for… Continue Reading
I like low taxes and I like getting tax refunds. I like money. But from a policy perspective, I’m not sure I like the idea of nearly every man, woman, and child in the country getting cold, hard cash from… Continue Reading
From time to time, because I do things like talk with students about political theory, I hear arguments that a parliamentary system is better than what we have in the U.S.A. Italy, for instance, has a parliamentary system, and there… Continue Reading
A Constitutional crisis is brewing. A real one, this time. Nearly lost in the news of all the recent elections was a veto by President Bush on December 28. Bush wanted more money to go to the military, and didn’t… Continue Reading
I’ve looked in depth at four Republican and two Democratic candidates for President, all of whom are polling higher than 10% in national polls and any of whom is poised to potentially take the White House. Here is a short… Continue Reading
Go ahead. Let the Fish Wrapper get your blood boiling in the morning. Read about some folks who were threatened with a fine to trim their trees, so they did, and then they got fined for trimming their trees. Funny?… Continue Reading
I absolutely love the pomp and circumstance the British put into their government. We have nothing remotely like it in the United States. It’s silly and doesn’t really affect anything, but it’s fun to watch. No one does ceremony as… Continue Reading