Posted in Culture, Education, Politics, tagged conservatism, David Brooks, education ideas on February 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Quite possibly the most reasoned and intelligent conservative on the scene, Brooks always has his feet planted firmly in history and is the kind of guy you sense comes to conclusions after meaningful, judicious thought. We received no less from him today:
In the 19th century, industrialization swept the world. Many European nations expanded their welfare [...]
Posted in Letter to the Editor, Politics, tagged big government, thomas paine, uncommon sense on February 12, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The nature of government is to grow itself, to expand, to become bloated. Thomas Paine, widely ignored today, said, “That government is best which governs least.” There’s much that would pain poor Thomas today.
151 people (the legislature and governor) in a single city in our state are thinking of banning smoking from every private establishment [...]
Posted in Politics, Uncategorized, tagged Huckabee McCain, Huckabee McCain ticket, Huckabee vice presidency on February 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The conundrum: Does Huckabee stay in and continue against improbable odds (Texas, South Dakota, and Louisiana are still in the mix and Texas is delegate-heavy) or does he vie for the vice-presidency? Does Huckabee risk alienating McCain by going on the offensive, or does Huckabee keep it nice and complimentary? My suggestion? Go all out [...]
Posted in Politics, tagged authenticity, Clinton, genuine politics, huckabee, McCain, Obama, romney on February 7, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The key factor in this race so far: authenticity.
On Super Tuesday, voters once again rewarded those candidates who seemed most comfortable playing themselves, and harshly punished the one who came across as a plastic phony.Mike Huckabee’s improbable success continued and swelled, with millions in his home region recognizing him as a real-deal country boy and [...]
Posted in Politics, tagged Clinton, Iraq War, McCain, Surge, war on February 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Do I have some problems with John McCain? Sure, I do. I want to free our government to drill for oil. I think it ridiculous to impose sweeping standards on American business from a hyper-fear of planetary doomsday while China and India won’t come near our self-imposed standards. And McCain’s own legislation (McCain-Feingold) had the [...]
Posted in Culture, Politics, tagged heroism, Iraqi girl, U.S. soldiers, valor, virtuous soldier on February 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Men Like Trees Walking checked the veracity of the following story before posting it. To ensure that it is not “urban legend,” check out the objective article at the best in the business.
Got a tough but heartwarming picture of John Gebhardt in Iraq. For those that did not know John, he was our former Med [...]
Posted in Culture, Politics, Race, tagged diversity election, election, presidential politics, ralph peters on February 2, 2008 | 1 Comment »
February 2, 2008 — JUST stop. For a couple of minutes, stop listening to the vanity-stricken talking heads, the madcap ideologues and the party hacks who believe you should jump to attention when they tell you who to vote for.
Stop and look at this primary season. In both parties. Set aside your political preferences for [...]
Posted in Culture, tagged e-mail, forwards, mass mail on February 1, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Are you exasperated by the overwrought sob story of someone you don’t know via e-mail? The only solution seems to be to forward the e-mail to at least ten people to not “break the chain.” I’m an automatic deleter of these, but this one caught my eye and left me better off than the other [...]
