Rerum Novarum

if anything does not feel genuine no need to be anxious but take your time sit back and have a bit more wine and take in your surroundings a...

Points to Ponder: (From one of my early intellectual mentors) "You must understand that it is not only possible, but highly desirable, ...

Cornyn accuses White House of compiling 'enemies list' Longtime readers of this weblog know that my assessment of President George W...

With the confirmation today of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court by a vote of 68-31, I decided to create a tag for the posts on th...

Weblog Threads on the Atomic Bomb Subject and Various Factors Involved in Objectively Assessing the Moral and Ethical Ramifications Thereof:...

Debunking Federal Reserve Conspiracy Theories Having written a bit over the years on the problems with conspiracies and that mindset{1}, the...

Miscellaneous Musings on Divisions Political and Otherwise: [Prefatory Note: This was originally put together and published in another med...

Since they had that whole White House "beer summit" thing, I will share at this time a stanza poem I wrote last November, Without ...

Points to Ponder: (On Humility and Writing Critiques of People) [H]umility. You either have it or you don't and you won't find it i...

Mariners, Pirates trade shortstops Well, its not that simple really. The Seattle Mariners traded young shortstop Ronny Cedeno, Jeff Clement ...

Please pray for the eternal repose of the souls of Thomas and Mark Girard and if you can help out their family in any way, please do what y...

We present the majors leaguers with the least trade value I found this thread to be of particular interest. A few points to note here: 15. Y...

Perry raises possibility of states' rights showdown with White House over healthcare The essence of the article can be summed up in the ...

Why Obama Care is Sinking (Charles Krauthammer) The first paragraph sums this whole article up nicely: "What happened to Obamacare? Rh...

ACTION ALERT: Protest Chuck Schumer Support of Health Care Rout! I will not be there for the event but I did design flyers for one of those ...

WATERLOO: Is Obama’s Presidency Imploding? I plan to muse on this possibility in the coming days{1} by using historical examples and analogi...

Fingerprint Scanners Help Companies Track Workers This link is about sixteen months old{1} and missed being posted at that time but since th...

House healthcare talks break down in anger God Bless the Blue Dogs. Too bad my waste of DNA Rep. Jay Inslee (and my senators Maria Cantvotew...

Conyers Sees No Point in Members Reading 1,000-Page Health Care Bill--Unless They Have 2 Lawyers to Interpret It for Them I am going to have...

Points to Ponder: Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent. [Napoleon Bonaparte]