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Friday, November 4, 2011

Silenced

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"Must-read" is an over-used adjective when talking about books, but sometimes I think it captures my feelings about a book perfect...

Ayn Rand and the Tea Party

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Walter Hudson at Pajamas Media has some good thoughts on the role of religion in politics. His post was triggered by the wish of a group of...
Thursday, November 3, 2011

Politics of Personal Destruction

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As predicted , Herman Cain is being drawn and quartered by the media for alleged inappropriate behavior over a decade ago. If he's guil...

The Ongoing Controversy

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The global warming debate continues and is starting to look a bit like a soap opera. Last week Richard Muller of the Berkeley Earth Surface...
Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Lord of the Flies

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The Occupations, or at least some of them, appear to be devolving into what you might expect - chaos, bickering, and crime. If the Democrats...

Darwin and Hitler

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A piece by Richard Weikert, author of the excellent book From Darwin to Hitler , recently caught my eye. Weikert recounts being interviewed...
Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Taking Down the Sign

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It turns out that the atheist group which paid several thousand dollars to put up this billboard is ignominiously taking it down. A thorough...

The Handy Hammer of Hate

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The Washington Post takes note of how hate is being used by the left as a tool to censor legitimate debate in our public square. It's s...
Monday, October 31, 2011

The Streetlight Effect

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We've all heard the story: A policeman sees a drunk man searching for something under a street light and asks what the drunk has lost. H...

Racial Catalyst

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Why is it that if conservatives oppose President Obama's policies they're automatically saddled by the left with the presumption of ...

Slouching Toward Violence

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Some of the protestors at Occupy Phoenix have apparently had second thoughts about the effectiveness of peaceful demonstrations and are now ...
Saturday, October 29, 2011

More Schiff

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Last Wednesday we featured a short video of Peter Schiff engaging some of the Wall Street Protestors in dialogue. Here's the extended v...

The Coming Collapse of Islam?

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The other day we did a post on the anticipated global population crash which is projected to occur from about 2050 to 2200. Now Denyse O...
Friday, October 28, 2011

Secularism and Its Discontents (Pt. II)

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Yesterday we talked a little bit about portions of a New Yorker column by atheist James Woods who reviews a book of essays which strive to ...

Jesus Diaz

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There are those on the left who sincerely dislike this country, but it's hard to find similar sentiment expressed on the right. At least...
Thursday, October 27, 2011

Secularism and its Discontents (Pt. I)

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Writer James Woods gives voice, in an interesting essay in the New Yorker, to the haunting sense of loss which grips many people in our sec...

Should We Make the Rich Poorer?

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Libertarian law professor Richard Epstein was interviewed recently on PBS in response to the news that income inequality has grown over the ...
Wednesday, October 26, 2011

What's Worse Than Despicable?

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Actor/comedian Orlando Jones tweeted the other day that "if liberals want respect they should kill Sarah Palin". Real knee slappe...

The Big Question

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Peter Schiff wades in among the 99% and poses the big question: What, exactly, is a fair share for the rich to pay in taxes? Unsurprisingly,...

Whale Echolocation

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This animated video depicts a sperm whale hunting prey, including a giant squid, by echolocation. Until recently the consensus opinion amon...