Category Archives: CURRENT AFFAIRS

From Graham Lester at Point 2 Point, one of the best summaries of politics I’ve heard lately: I find politics, at least as it is practiced over here in America, to be largely a competition between two religions that leaves … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Over the past several weeks, I have dipped my finger into the political waters in an effort to not only learn, but be able to feel confident enough to voice an opinion on the presidency, Iraq, war, and all the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

For a moment there, I thought that Kerry had chosen Hilary as his running mate–it’s not true, is it? If I must choose the lesser evil come November, I must honestly say that the lesser evil plus a big one … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Over at Geese Aplenty, Greg’s father, Matt, is guest-blogging for a few days, and it’s easy to see where Greg learned his values. From athletes pressured to use steroids, to plagiarized college papers to the real story behind the 911 … Continue reading → Continue reading →

This might also come under the heading of Education, Self-Analysis, Literature, Writing, etc. and it touches strongly on politics—my favorite topic (!). From Jerz’s Literacy Log, to The Tribune Review, this article, Woman Sues Bar, has had me spending a … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Just pointing the finger to a very interesting article called “Goodbye, All That: How Left Idiocies Drove Me to Flee” by Ron Rosenbaum. (via The Forager) (RINA – This one’s for you!) Continue reading →

Excellent, to-the-point view by 2 Blowhards on the dwindling job market for animators, who are faced not only with being replaced by computer programmers, but by outsourcing to cheaper foreign labor. Little by little almost everyone’s job will be threatened … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Well, don’t know about you folks, but after much research and agonizing over the presidential candidates, I’ve made up my mind: (You can buy one for yourself — or me, since someone keeps stealing mine, hmmm–here.)

There is not a word that I can add to “Don’t Look Back“, an entry at the The Forager, except perhaps to whisper a little prayer of thanks that there are those who can so practically and eloquently write about … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Thank God it’s taking longer for Jesus Christ to rouse Himself this year; Easter’s not until April 11th. Last year it was sometime in March, and since I’m the one who holds the family dinner—for which all appear, some I’m … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Excellent argument going on at The Forager regarding artistic denial and censorship. While I might tend to think that some moral structure should be in place, I agree that it should be placed within the individual, and not left to … Continue reading →

I really don’t want to get into this, but it well-covers a subject that has been bugging me a bit since I first stepped onto a college campus. At Asymmetrical Information, there is an entry entitled, “A Hell of a … Continue reading → Continue reading →