Plead the First

In last night’s State of the Union Address, Bush laid out a specific goal relating to our dependence on oil: Breakthroughs on this and other new technologies will help us reach another great goal: to replace more than 75 percent of our oil imports from the Middle East by 2025. By applying the talent and […]

Poking around the Internet tonight, I came across this article by Red Phillips from Georgia. He’s thought about the conflict between Evolution and Intelligent Design, and in the wake of Judge Jones’ decision in Dover he’s come up with a novel solution to smooth over the differences: Here is what I propose. States all across […]

Ed Brayton at Dispatches from the Culture Wars has a great idea on how to keep legislators from monkeying around with our school science standards: We don’t allow people to practice in many fields without demonstrating that they have some expertise in it. We won’t even let someone cut hair without a cosmetology license in […]

The county commissioners have voted 8-2 in favor of the Board of Elections’ recommendation to use computerized DRE voting machines in Guilford County. One strange statement during the discussion was made by Vice-chairman Steve Arnold, who said (paraphrasing), “All the great ballot stuffing throughout history has been done with paper ballots.” Might that have something […]

In this past week’s Rhino Times, John Hammer writes an article in which he touches on the new senior drug program: Some people make bad financial decisions throughout their lives and it appears that if people do that then the government is going to provide for their every need after they retire. Why should people […]

This has popped up several places already, but I think it’s very important that people are aware of it. Bush has provided more evidence that he thinks he’s above the law: President Bush agreed with great fanfare last month to accept a ban on torture, but he later quietly reserved the right to ignore it, […]

Ed Brayton, from Dispatches from the Culture Wars, rips into a rant posted at stoptheaclu.com. The author of the rant, Gribbit, contends at one point that “The Great Society” is a failure, and complains about Democratic policies to “re-distribute the wealth of this nation.” Brayton responds: Here’s a pop quiz for Gribbit – with full […]