Sex and Libertarians Well, the good people at Libertarian Samizdata are back at it again. Natalija responded to a number of emails on the 15 yr. old prostitute story (see below). Many of them were weird and not appropriate for a family web site such as this but she did have courtesy to respond to [...]
Tip Jar Hey, I know this is going to sound crass but I spent some time trying to get the Amazon tip jar thingee and the guestbook in the right place and working so if any one cares to use them it would mean a lot to me (you don’t have to give a large [...]
Geraldo News Flash This just in – Geraldo is an idiot. Or to quote the ubiquitous and ever useful InstaPundit (on another subject) he is “so absolutely, unrelievedly, stone-cold dumb.”
Religion, War , and Truth Kaus Files examines an interesting Washington Post piece by Kevin Hasson. Hasson blasts Andrew Sullivan, Thomas Friedman, and Bill Clinton for tying the war to a defense of relativism. He instead argues that what is needed is a realization from Islam that human freedom is an inviolable right – like [...]
Guns, Gun nuts, and Gun Whackos There have been some interesting inter-blog arguments on guns and gun control lately. AintNoBadDude is seeking to find some middle ground between the libertarians over at Samizdata and the full out gun control groups. Good luck! This issue really gets people riled up. I agree with ANBD that some [...]
I have been playing around with the format of this blog so if things look a little wierd I appologize. I am trying to master some html and look for content and still do my job and live my life – Whew! Hope to have a guestbook up without screwing the format soon.
Sex and Conservatives Like a pavlovian dog hearing the bells, I must respond to a recent entry from the blog Libertarian Samizdata. The blogstress Natalija launched a rant after reading this article about a dying boy whose last wish was to experience sex. Some friends obliged and arranged a visit with a prostitute for the [...]
Math and politics Interesting article in Slate on the polarization of politics. Apparently, some math wizards have come up with a way to “map” the political spectrum in a mathematically precise way (using roll call votes). The data shows that the current congress is significantly polarized but what is interesting is that this seems to [...]
Easterbrook on Christmas I am not, I repeat not, a publicist for Gregg Easterbrook (I seem to be linking to him a lot lately). Nevertheless, he has a great Christmas suggestion in TNR which I missed earlier. The suggestion: for every dollar spent on presents spend a dollar on the needy. I think this is [...]
“Modern Art” A great skewering of so called “Modern Art” in The American Enterprise Magazine. It saddens me that most of what is considered art today is either BS like the works rightfully mocked by Karl Zinsmeister above or crafty schtick/illustration like Thomas Kincaid. Is that all we get? Sad. Beauty, inspiration, meaning, they are [...]