Obama’s Lack of Clarity

Such things as the followings show the clear weakness of Obama.  I think he is being genuine in seeking bipartisanship, but he does it by sacrificing any clear communication of facts and principles.  That said, I prefer Obama’s preference of thoughtfully seeking a middle ground as compared to the superficial and anti-intellectual bluster of recent [...]

Racism, Conservatism, and Code words

Here is some interesting commentary on the use of racism by conservative politicians. Krugman says that he doesn’t think most conservative politicians are racist or even care much about the race issue, but they do realize many of their base is racist and/or cares about the race issue.  Because overt racism stopped being acceptable, conservative [...]

Conservatism and Labor Unions

I was thinking again about the death of conservatism.  I’ve written about it twice before. Conservatism: is it dead yet? Re: Is Conservatism Brain-Dead? The reason I was thinking about it is because I was watching the PBS interview Moyer did with Tanenhaus which I wrote about in the first post above.  There is a lot of [...]

Interesting Stuff on the Web: 11/30/09

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/30/science/earth/30agency.html?th&emc=th A government agency that is either corrupt or ineffective.  Doesn’t that describe most of the government?  The only good thing about government is that it occasionally protects us from the even greater danger of big business… that is when it’s not in bec with big business. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703499404574557583017194444.html?mod=djemEditorialPage#articleTabs%3Darticle Here is another depressing article.  It’s criticizing [...]

O’Reilly the Wily Inciter

Bill O’Reilly is morally corrupt.  He incited the terrorist assasination of Dr. Tiller.  Anyone who doesn’t understand this obvious fact, either lacks rationality or morality. Yes, people have a right to free speech.  But such freedoms are dependent on being used responsibly.  There are various scenarios where the justification of free speech doesn’t apply.  Yelling fire in [...]

Internet Amusement; Or an Evening Wasted

I just wasted an evening perusing the web.  I started with Digg and ended with Youtube.  All in all, I watched way too many dumb animal videos.  Heck, I could watch my own dumb animals even without the internet (meanwhile, my kitty looks up at me adoringly).  Anywho, here are a few things that amused [...]

Future of Family Values

I was checking out the comments on an article I recently posted about (The Religious Wars).  I noticed the following comment which is typical of a certain religious attitude. Sir: I think that you have written an excellent article on the evolution of religion and one that I enjoyed, I am an evangelical fundamentalist who takes [...]

Denialism: Science and Public Debate

I’ve just come across the name of Michael Specter.  He has received some attention lately because of his book Denialism.  In the following video, Specter explains why he didn’t include the Global Warming issue in his book.  He said that it’s too complex of an issue and so requires more than just a chapter in [...]

Apocalypse Coming to a Town Near You!

Chart: How Do You Take YOUR Apocalypse? By Alison Willmore

Palin’s End Times Beliefs?

Olbermann: Does Palin believe Jews will flock to Israel to set off Apocalypse? By David Edwards and Muriel Kane   Sarah Palin frequently refers to to her religious beliefs as part of her core values, but she has never made it clear just what those beliefs are. Now one casual remark during an interview last [...]