Category Archives: General

The Warlike Nature of the Human Species

I think it is safe to say that, with only a few Ripley’s Believe It or Not exceptions, all human communities, large and small, in recorded and unrecorded history, have had one thing in common: If there are not enough … Continue reading

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It’s not an Intifada and it’s not civil war

If you read the newspapers and watch network TV, you have recently been made aware of riots in France, about a week after they began. Nobody knows who is perpetrating these riots, except that they are young, “youths”, to be … Continue reading

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Tax Reform – a Modest Proposal

We must have some government, local, state, and federal, and government needs money to do the things that we need government to do. There are disagreements about how much government should do, but there is little or no disagreement that … Continue reading

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Possum for SCOTUS

Below is a picture of a possum that lives in a tree in our backyard. Would he (or possibly she) make a good Supreme Court justice? Hard to say. There is no paper trail or other evidence about how he … Continue reading

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Florking HILARIOUS!

Posted by Harcamone Harriet Miers’s Blog!!!

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Miers, Roe, and the Institutionalization of Stealth

Here is a lengthy three-way conversation about the Miers nomination among my brother Jeff , my cousin Andy , and myself: Nick: This is a great interview with Robert Bork about the Harriet Miers nomination. Here’s a great preview of … Continue reading

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More Intelligent Design vs. Evolution

Further dialog amongst me, my brother Jeff, and my cousin Andy concerning intelligent design vs. the theory of evolution: Andy: No, it’s not science, just deductive speculation (like some of contemporary cosmology). But I think evolution can be legitimately critiqued … Continue reading

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Hey kids!

I snapped this on the way to the dump this morning: I have no quarrel with the mystical belief that the awesome beauty, order, and complexity of the universe implies an intelligent first cause. In fact I believe it myself … Continue reading

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Cindy and GWB

Well, yeah, I think she’s disgusting too, but her disgustingness would not be anybody’s problem except her own were it not for the enormous, and I still say largely uncritical, exposure that she is being given. One would think she … Continue reading

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It is too Cindy’s fault

Posted by Andy Just got around to reading your Aug. 15 post…can’t say I share your generosity toward Cindy Sheehan. Her demand to meet with Bush a second time was not only presumptuous grandstanding but transparently phony. Nothing he could … Continue reading

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