Category Archives: Politics
Case Study
We conservatives have long claimed that what we call the Main Stream Media (aka MSM, Dead Tree Press, Dinosaur Media, Drive By Media, State Controlled Media) has a definite leftward bias. A good case study is a piece last week in the NYT on the Texas state school board. Apparently some of the members of [...]
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Hypocrisy and the Coarsening of the Dialogue
Palin in 2012? Sorry, not a clue. Her poll numbers appear to be slipping, though. But I think the real story here is the media. At the New York Times, Frank Rich used the poll to leapfrog into an op-ed piece that can be summed up in one word: Nasty. For all of the complaining [...]
Muny v. Kyl–Is Internet Gambling Really a Bad Bet?
Rich Muny, at BigGovernment.com, writes on Jon Kyl’s blocking of several Treasury Department nominations. The reason? Kyl apparently cares a great deal about offshore internet gambling. So much so that for over a decade he has worked on passing a set of enforcement regulations that resulted in the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA). You [...]
One Week, Exactly Since My Last Post–Is This the End of a Well Intentioned Failure?
Took most of last week off and stayed home so I could be vaguely miserable. I had a cold. The kind that makes you feel just bad enough that you don’t want to do anything but not bad enough that you can’t. So of course I took off. Besides, the philosophy around work is that [...]
Big Government and Big Business: Partners in Crime
Big Business and Big Government are not enemies, they are natural allies. Free Markets, and not more government control is required to keep business in check.
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The Flip Side of Noblesse Oblige or How to be a Good Slave
Want to be a slave? Here are ten surefire methods for loosing your freedom and gaining dependence.
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A New (Republican) Ticket
“If once the people become inattentive to the public affairs, you and I, and Congress and Assemblies, Judges and Governors, shall all become wolves. It seems to be the law of our general nature, in spite of individual exceptions.” Thomas Jefferson Why, when everyone is enfranchised, do so few care? And why, of those who [...]
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Maybe They Could Make It Out of Jello