An Unfortunate Outburst of Intense Patriotism

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Friday, April 8, 2005

Democrat Campaign Strategy to Portray Republicans as Corrupt

Much has been written about the ethics charges against Senator Tom DeLay. He’s a Republican, the “thinking” seems to go, so they must be true. Has anyone ever bothered to consider why he’s being singled out for this? I don’t mean merely the usual media fixation on alleged Republican malfeasance to... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, April 6, 2005

Sure-fire way to reduce college tuitions - soak the taxpayers!

College and university tuitions in Ohio, and most certainly elsewhere, are escalating at 10% or more a year. Tuition caps have been bandied about, to no avail. Well, leave it to the learned president of the University of Toledo to come up with the perfect way to reduce tuitions - an 0.5% increase in... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, April 5, 2005

Red ink is politically incorrect for grading elementary school papers?

Perhaps some teachers out there would be so kind as to comment on this. AP headline: "Teachers say red ink doesn't make grade for marking papers" Parents of kids at Daniels Farm Elementary School in Turnbull, Connecticut objected to seeing their children's papers marked up in red. "Red writing, they... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, April 4, 2005

A brief reflection on the passing of Pope John Paul II

We have lost a truly great human being in the passing of Pope John Paul II. Not great because of one conviction or another, one idea or principle ot another, but rather great because of the integrity and moral strength that underlay them. Just as we do with God Himself, we are prone to claim the... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, April 2, 2005

An archivist looks at the Sandy Berger affair

As an archivist, I have been appalled at the case of Sandy Berger and his theft and destruction of records from the National Archives. First, I am appalled at the actions of the man himself. He stuffed classified documents from the collections of the Archives into his pants like a bum lining his... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, April 1, 2005

Is it wrong to criticize judges, or not?

I went off on this over on my Bush is an Idiot? blog, but there are still some things that need to be discussed on this, just not from the satirical tone of that blog. How is it that the liberals who so bemoan the alleged loss of their own freedom of speech are now so eager to stifle critcism of the... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, March 31, 2005

The Schiavo case: Conflicts of interest and judicial unaccountability

There are many aspects of the Schiavo case that have escaped the scrutiny of a mainstream media bent on selling the legitimacy of an innocent woman's murder by court order. More to the point, they were starved by neglect as she was. One of the more intriguing issues is that of conflicts of interest.... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, March 29, 2005

Liberals provide comic relief against Schiavo tragedy

There has been nothing funny about the Terri Schiavo case at all. But leave it to the liberals to provide some of their folly to help break the tension. First we have the Los Angeles Times – yes, them again! – claiming that the Schiavo case will do tremendous damage to Republicans in Florida as... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, March 28, 2005

Saturday, March 26, 2005

The death of respectful silence

In a typically excellent column, Mona Charen touched on a truth of the times: "The court has held that student-led prayers in a football huddle constitute an establishment of religion. Ditto an invocation offered by a rabbi at a public high school graduation. There, Justice Kennedy explained that... Sign in to see full entry.

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