Archives for the Month of April, 2008

Raising ignoramuses

I highly encourage you to carefully read this editorial entitled Clueless in America. Here is a sample:
The nation’s future may depend on how well we educate the current and future generations, but (like the renovation of the nation’s infrastructure, or a serious search for better sources of energy) that can wait. At the moment, no [...]

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Without representation

This election cycle, I discovered that we have something in America called a superdelegate.
Republicans don’t have them - yet. Only Democrats have these “special” delegates who are not chosen by the people but by the party.
Unlike most convention delegates, the superdelegates are not selected based on the party primaries and caucuses in each U.S. state, [...]

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Rule of law

We live in a society where rule of law is dearly held by many citizens. Question: how long will the status quo hold? In a time and place when overgovernance is the norm, rule of law is corrupted and weakened by a simple fact - there are too many laws for the law to be [...]

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The accidental gravedigger

Every so often, I have to face the death of a loved one. I’m referring to our dogs. My wife and I have been rescuing dogs for years now. As of this morning we had 18, many of whom are available to good homes. As of right now, we have 17.
This morning our blind Golden [...]

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Can a bullet really be stopped by a Bible?

It’s an old urban legend that the Mythbusters should investigate - they’ve done gun stuff before though. You’ve probably seen it happen in a Western or two. You may have heard of it happening on the battlefield. A Bible in someone’s pocket stops a bullet.
I’ve decided to find out if such an event could really [...]

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