Lee on Nov 09 2008 | Filed under: Uncategorized
Don’t complain to me if there aren’t any new posts on ASHC. I’m sitting on a beach in Miami and thus completely out of the necessary frame of mind to bitch about Obama and triumph of statism. Now, these other writers on here have no such excuses I note. In fact, they’re probably sitting at [...]
Lee on Sep 13 2008 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Election 2008
For two weeks, as John McCain’s national polls first rose above Obama and then solidified there, Democrats protested that the popular vote was irrelevant. Look to the state polls said they, in a sensible but amusingly opportunistic argument for the electoral college (for those of us who recall the venom of 2000). Alas, this was [...]
Lee on Aug 09 2008 | Filed under: Around the Web
A convicted cocaine dealer in Florida isn’t going to be deported to her native Jamaica, on grounds of the violence she would likely suffer for her lesbianism. It’s not very commonly known by the general public in this country, but human rights groups regard supposedly easy-going Jamaica as the most violently homophobic country on Earth.
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MichaelW on Feb 12 2008 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Education, Libertarianism, MichaelW's Page, regulation
Via Glenn Reynolds, Wired posts an article describing the fight to include evolution in the science curriculum for students in Florida and Texas:
Charles Darwin was born 199 years ago Tuesday, but the debate he ignited about the origins of species rages on. Florida’s department of education will vote next week on a new science curriculum [...]
Lee on Jan 22 2008 | Filed under: Around the Web
Barack Obama launches the first nation-wide television advertising campaign (cable tv spot on CNN and MSNBC). Team Hillary is upset about the violation to the DNC Florida campaigning boycott. She’s probably more upset by how strong this ad is.
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Lee on Jan 18 2008 | Filed under: Around the Web
At this point it’s worth asking: Is Rudy Giuliani running a presidential campaign, or a Florida vacation? Of course, not that I’d blame him for the later.
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