August 29, 2011
Early last year, I wrote a brief post about a suit brought against the California Science Center for unlawful discrimination against a pro-Intelligent Design group and the subsequent cover-up of the details behind the censorship. (If you don’t want to read the articles I link to in the original post, you can get the important […]
Tags: 1st Amendment, academic freedom, AFA, American Freedom Alliance, California Science Center, censorship, CSC, Darwinian dogmatism, First Amendment rights, free speech discrimination, ID, Intelligent Design, William Becker
Posted in Politics, Politics / Science / Religion, Religion, Science |
August 24, 2011
“[T]he truth is that promoting science isn’t just about providing resources — it’s about protecting free and open inquiry. It’s about ensuring that facts and evidence are never twisted or obscured by politics or ideology.” — President Barack Obama, when announcing the appointment of John P. Holdren as ‘science czar’ No, the above quote was […]
Tags: assistant to the president for Science and Technology, compulsory abortion, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, Ecoscience, John Holdren, Obama science policy, Pamela Geller, Paul and Anne Ehrlich, PCAST, Planetary Regime, President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, Pugwah Conference, science czar, The Post-American Presidency, UN police force
Posted in Politics, Politics / Science / Religion, Religion, Science |
August 20, 2011
“The truth is incontrovertible; malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is.” — Sir Winston Churchill Since Governor Rick Perry officially threw his hat into the ring of Republican primary candidates for President the other day, the Perry/Texas bashing has begun in earnest from the political Left, Right, […]
Tags: CDA, Cintra, Comprehensive Development Agreement, critical thinking, Gardasil, Governor Rick Perry, HPV vaccine, NAFTA Superhighway, Paul Burka in Texas Monthly, Perry and Gardasil, Perry and Merck, Perry was a Democrat, Perry's mandatory vaccinations, Pesky Truth blog, realistic judgement, Rick Perry, Rick Perry conspiracies, RINO Rick Perry, Texas Republican, toll road controversy, Trans-Texas Corridor, TTC, TxDOT, Zachry Construction
Posted in Politics |
August 13, 2011
Well, semi-random? Nothing profound. No comprehensive analysis. Just a few miscellaneous comments. 1) When Pawlenty was challenging Bachmann’s record, I thought she did an OK job of defending herself, stressing her consistency on the issues and being the “tip of the spear”, etc. But, I can’t help thinking that she could have reminded him of […]
Tags: 2011 debate in Ames, Ames Iowa, August 2011 debate in Iowa, debate hosted by Bret Baier, GOP, Herman Cain, Iowa debate, Jon Huntsman, Michele Bachmann, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Pawlenty vs Bachmann, Republican debate, Republican presidential candidates, Rick Santorum, Ron Paul, Tim Pawlenty
Posted in Politics |
August 6, 2011
My friend, Jay Moore — of the late, lamented LibertyScorned blog — has a very heartfelt guest-post for you, which was inspired by recent events. I’ll let him explain…. ======== Sacrifice and the Return on Investment in Afghanistan by Jay Moore I’ve taken a break from writing and, for the most part, politics for the […]
Tags: Afghan War, America's wars, American war casualties, coalition military fatalities, fight for freedom, helicopter crash, helicopter down in Afghanistan, human cost of war, sacrifice, Seal Team Six, tragedy in Afghanistan, war in Afghanistan
Posted in Politics |
August 5, 2011
Yes, that’s right. Another hip-hop star has revealed certain, er, assets on stage and on camera nationwide. While performing on Good Morning America‘s Summer Concert Series (ABC) in Central Park, the outlandishly dressed Nicki Minaj revealed…a…nipple. The 5-second delay was insufficient to stop the “malfunction” from being aired (no pun intended) on the East Coast’s […]
Tags: accidental nudity, bare boob, celebrity nip slip, exposed breast on TV, exposed nipple, GMA nip-slip, Good Morning America, indecent exposure on TV, Nicki Minaj, nipple slip, overreaction to on-air incident, Parents Television Council, PTC, wardrobe malfunction in New York
Posted in Politics, Religion, Uncategorized |
July 31, 2011
In light of the recent, lengthy and tenacious deliberations in the House and Senate over the debt ceiling, cutting & spending, and whether or not to have a balanced budget, I thought some words from one of our most esteemed Founding Fathers, Benjamin Franklin, might be in order. (It’s not the same situation exactly, but […]
Tags: advice to Congress, Ben Franklin's motion for prayer, Benjamin Franklin, Constitutional Convention, Deism of Ben Franklin, Franklin's call to prayer, James Madison's notes, Notes on Debates in the Federal Convention, religion in government affairs, separation of church and state, Summer of 1787, when Congress is at an impasse
Posted in Politics, Politics & Religion, Religion |
July 26, 2011
I’m gonna catch some heat for this one, fer sher…. Too often, when people hear the word “compromise”, they equate it with betrayal of principles or the undermining of credibility or of an agenda. But, neither is necessary. As any negotiator will tell you, some measure of compromise is required in order for both parties […]
Tags: Boehner plan, compromise, Cut Cap and Balance, debt ceiling, debt debate, John Boehner, McConnell plan, negotiations in Congress, Obama, raising taxes
Posted in Politics |
July 24, 2011
The simple answer to the title question is “Yes”… or “No”… or “Sometimes”. If you talk to (or read) many devotees of Darwinian evolutionary theory, either professional or layman, you will often find them perplexed as to how any “rational” person can deny the “fact” of evolution. For them, it is so clearly the only […]
Tags: ASA, Biologos, Darwinism, evolution, evolutionary creationism, evolutionary paradigm, evolutionary theory, Francis Collins, Jonathan Dudley, naturalistic bias, Neo-Darwinism, OEC, philosophical presuppositions in science, theistic evolution, YEC
Posted in Religion, Science, Science & Religion |
July 16, 2011
Muggers, burglars, and thieves? No worries. Fraudsters and scammers? Not a concern. Neighborhood drug dealers? Where? I don’t know about you, but I’m sure happy to know that local law enforcement is keeping us citizens safe from unlicensed, underage lemonade stand operators. These scum are a scourge on this nation! Once the cops get that […]
Tags: children operating without a license, dampening the entrepreneurial spirit, kids fined for selling lemonade, kids raising money, lemonade stand, lemonade stand in Bethesda, lemonade stand in Midway, local authorities too serious, police state, shut down, squelching the American Dream, young entrepreneurs
Posted in Politics, Uncategorized |