Category: Politics

Yes! We’re all individuals!

(via Eschaton) Diminished Individualism Watch A few weeks back I commented on a George Will column in which he said that the real reason for progressives’ passion for trains is their goal of diminishing Americans’ individualism in order to make them more amenable to collectivism. So I think that it is my civic duty to … Continue reading “Yes! We’re all individuals!”

Newt Gingrich Says Something Stupid

Gingrich fears ‘atheist country … dominated by radical Islamists’ “I have two grandchildren: Maggie is 11; Robert is 9,” Gingrich said at Cornerstone Church here. “I am convinced that if we do not decisively win the struggle over the nature of America, by the time they’re my age they will be in a secular atheist … Continue reading “Newt Gingrich Says Something Stupid”

In case you have any doubts John Boehner is nothing more than a partisan hack

Challenge: Mr. Boehner’s letter House Speaker John Boehner sent President Obama a letter (pdf) today about the military operations in Libya. I’m pretty sure the Republicans in congress never expressed such concerns to President George W. Bush during the lead up to the Iraq war…

What PZ Myers said

Why I am an amoral, family-hating monster…and Newt Gingrich isn’t I think I understand, though — it doesn’t matter what you do, all that matters is what you say. The Republicans support a version of marriage that rests on tradition, authority, and masculine dominance, and everything they do props up one leg of the tripod … Continue reading “What PZ Myers said”

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