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Category Archives: Society
Yet More Indoctrination
I know the left takes its For The ChildrenTM rhetoric seriously. However, I was not aware just how pervasively their anti-capitalism, anti-Bush, anti-war, and anti-military agenda was being pushed on our kids. Nickelodeon is the latest indoctrination arena where a … Continue reading
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Ethics and Journalism
Now, don’t laugh, there are standards by which they are supposed to conduct themselves, at the least, professionally. From the Society of Professional Journalists (based here in Indianapolis,) we have these standards: Seek Truth and Report It Journalists should be … Continue reading
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Dale Franks and the YAF
Some things really tend to leave me with my mouth refusing to shut in astonishment. Now read this: The Little Green Footballs blog decided to condemn MSU-YAF for hosting Nick Griffin. In case you do not read Little Green Footballs, … Continue reading
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Ethnic Cleansing In LA
Who would have thought this kind of thing would happen in this day and age, in America. But, add one part “War on Drugs,” and one part “Illegal Immigration,” and you get volatile results. A south Los Angeles Latino street … Continue reading
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Items To Save During A House Fire
Self – Check Spouse – Check Kids – Check Pets – Check Important Papers – Checks Satellite Receiver – WTF The nerve of some corporations! When this Azola couple got back from their honeymoon, they had about an hour of … Continue reading
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Little Rock Central: 50 Years Later — Indoctrination
I hadn’t ever seen this series before, but I have to admit that I find this stuff pretty damn scary: That’s just a snippet of what is apparently being taught to our kids of high school age. Not only are … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Media, MichaelW's Page, Race, Society
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The Disappointing Usefulness of Simple Stereotypes
A reporter for the local paper of Jena, LA is pretty disgusted with the coverage of the events surrounding the trials involving the “Jena Six.” We have expressed confusion and frustration over the coverage here, here and here. As I … Continue reading
Shift Happens
Sometimes information like this makes me sit back and think “whoa” (sounding to much like neo in the matrix.) Not only is this a small world (which we often forget,) but it is becoming an exponentially complex and interconnected one. … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Economics, Education, History, Keith's Page, Religion and theology, Society, Technology
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Libertarians Rising?
That voters are increasingly dissatisfied with the two major political parties is undeniable. but does that necessarily translate into more support for libertarians? Michael Kinsley thinks it does: Many people feel that neither party offers a coherent set of principles … Continue reading
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Housing and the Red State-Blue State Divide
Virginia Postrel makes a point I will be exploring in more detail over the next few months in her latest essay at The Atlantic, the reasons behind the vast disparities in housing prices in our country. More interestingly she … Continue reading
News Brief, Nothing Is Real Edition
Cross-posted on The Conjecturer. Defense & The War Woops, the U.S. military also seems under the crazy impression Blackwater employees opened fire without provocation last month when they killed (not murdered) 14 Iraqis who were not shooting back. In other … Continue reading
The Disparities around Jena
A thoughtful look at the story of the Jena Six and the controversy surrounding the case by Steve Coll. The criticisms of Reed Walters are reasonable. Of more interest to me is his point about problems of incarceration rates in … Continue reading
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Self Improvement
There’s an entire micro-economy based on the pursuit of betterment. The author—58, full-figured, and ferocious in his consumption of cigarettes and scotch—agreed to test its limits, starting with the Executive De-Stress Treatment at a high-end spa. The heading for Christopher … Continue reading
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Simply astounding
I say this not because I think the perpetrators fraud is surprising. My thoughts however are the same as those of Billy Beck: I marvel at the enormous psychic energy required to maintain such a horrendous fraud for so long. … Continue reading
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Justice in Jena-Updated
As a Louisiana native I probably should have weighed in on the “Jena Six.” Like Michael, and many others, my initial reluctance has been being unsure of what really happened due to sketchy and conflicting reporting. What I can say … Continue reading
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Cities of Men
I have not touched on the subject of the often hostile turn our culture has taken towards men, especially when it comes to their relationships with children. It is not that I don’t agree that that is a concern, in … Continue reading
Yeah, it is only the crazies
As I have said, people have lost their minds. 42% of Democrats believe that the Bush administration either caused 9/11 or allowed it to happen according to a poll commissioned by the loose change truthers. Even sadder, on the ideology … Continue reading
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The Hunter of Beer: RIP- Update
My grief knows no bounds, Michael Jackson, aka “The Beer Hunter” has passed away: “He was simply the best beer writer we’ve ever known,” said Tim Hampson, chairman of the British Guild of Beer Writers. “He told wonderful stories about … Continue reading
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Housekeeping
We have added a lot of interesting places to the blogroll recently, and we will continue to do so. Right now we have been adding to our collection of mill bloggers and today to the Loyal Opposition, specifically the democratic … Continue reading
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The Moral Crisis on the Left and Missed Points
In response to my post on the moral crisis of the left, I (and the Eustonite left) got a response from Matt Zeitlin. To begin with he makes some good points about the Bush administrations lack of support for non-sectarian … Continue reading
Hi-Tech Extortion and Terrorism
When threats are phoned in, how seriously should they be considered? At my last company, one of the buildings we had offices in would get a bomb threat called in 2 or 3 times per month. Now, the company gave … Continue reading
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Torture in criminal justice
Are we irrationally biased against torture? In many situations it would be better to impose a punishment of torture than imprisonment. The fact that the U.S. justice system rejects torture as a punishment is the result of an anti-torture bias. … Continue reading
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News Brief, Little Trouble in Big China Edition
Throwing rocks at HAMAS over at The Conjecturer. Defense & The War More on what The Surge is accomplishing: “Despite some evidence that the troop buildup has improved security in certain areas, sectarian violence continues and American-led operations have brought … Continue reading
The “Bull Moose of Climate Change” reminds me of “A Modest Proposal”
I sauntered over to Instapundit today and noticed this story: Norway is concerned that its national animal, the moose, is harming the climate by emitting an estimated 2,100 kilos of carbon dioxide a year through its belching and farting.Norwegian newspapers, … Continue reading
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I’m Too Sexy For Your Criticism
What? [/Clint Eastwood inflection accompanied by Chinese-cowboy squint of loathing that displays his obvious contempt for your insipid questioning of his manliness, as if] (Steely-eyed glare acknowledging someone else who has no concern about other’s questions concerning his “manliness”: JG)
Posted in Humor, MichaelW's Page, Society
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The Guantanamo Problem
If you haven’t read it, read the entire post (especially the extensive update to the original post) from Kenneth Anderson on the proper way to view people we detain in our struggle against terrorism. Especially his thoughts on how treating … Continue reading
Fisher House Wrapup
I just checked my e-mail after days of ignoring it. I have been moving onto my new house (yes, I am stoked) and I have sworn off doing more than checking in on what my blogging mates have been up … Continue reading
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Beauchamp’s Honor
For those of you who have been following the ‘Scott Thomas’ debacle, there is an interesting discussion going on over at QandO about the actions of Mr. Beauchamp: The post yesterday about the revelation of “Scott Thomas’” identity (Howard Kurtz … Continue reading
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