December 2008
14 posts
Israel, Hamas, and moral idiocy →
The most dangerous of the three responses is not the Iranian-Hamas absurdity, which is largely ignored by thinking and moral people, but the United Nations and European Union response, which equates the willful murder of civilians with legitimate self-defense pursuant to Article 51 of the United Nations Charter.
“Growth itself is the only moral end”
– John Dewey
“who’s going to fill it, isn’t that interesting, there’s a lot of great...”
– Transcripts: Caroline Kennedy’s Not-So-Eloquent NYT Interview
More and more reasons not to support her…
Caroline Kennedy won't run if she isn't selected →
Which is, you know, just one more reason to not support her for being picked. She only seems to want it if it is given to her easily. Now.
“He flung himself from the room, flung himself upon his horse and rode madly off...”
– Stephen Leacock - from here.
Biden to shrink VP role - big time →
My suspicion has been for a while that the VP role will revert to the role it had when Dan Quayle occupied the office - much less involved, shipped out on speaking engagements, and maybe one or two pet projects.
WatchCool. Immigration to the US, 1820-2007 v2
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Fun things to do when you are in New York
If you see a person with brown hair and glasses (any such person), run up to that person and scream “OMG! Tina Fey!”
Same-Sex Marriage and the Failure of Justificatory... →
If we interpret Stone and the post–Proposition 8 protesters as embracing the position that one cannot support a law that limits another’s liberty if one’s reason for the law is based on premises and sources of authority not shared by one’s fellow citizens, neither side in the same-sex marriage debate can escape the scope of that prohibition. It is, in the words, of Robert P. George, a “clash of...
Profile of Naomi Klein →
An interesting profile of Naomi Klein, a leading far left “agitator.”
The dumb, dumb world of Malcolm Gladwell →
A pretty severe take down of Malcolm Gladwell (and his fan base).
WatchThe giant squid video. Plus, here’s a link of a collection of Cephalopods in Action. Truly, it’s a reminder that the deep holds many wonders that we have yet to explore.