A Moment of Silence
Jacques Derrida, Christopher Reeve, and Rodney Dangerfield are dead. Not "metaphysically challenged" – dead. A moment of silence for these great men of our century.
Star Parker and the Need for Religious Voices
An interesting case, this Star Parker. Another of the new black republicans, and a woman to boot. She sounds like a newly converted evangelist – and, well, she is. Coming from a background of poverty, she is now the president of the Coalition on Urban Renewal & Education (CURE – looks like a religious coalition of pastors, some of whom are probably wonderful people). There is much to respect in her story, but I can’t help but feel that all…
The Supreme Court and our Rights
Do you believe that Americans have the right to protest and criticize the government? Justice Antonin Scalia has said that most of the rights we enjoy today are not guaranteed by the Constitution, and during wartime, should be cut back to the very minimum. I don’t think civil rights that people died for to achieve should be discarded. Do you believe that the government can’t condone specific religious instruction in our public schools or prayer in our courtrooms? Supreme Court…
Florida Election Ballot
Florida Election Ballot Check it out – the new "DIEBALD" election ballot from Jeb.
100 Mistakes for the President to Choose From – Center for American Progress
100 Mistakes for the President to Choose From – Center for American Progress Here is a nice little list of a hundred mistakes Bush has made, although he couldn’t really think of any (maybe a couple of appointments) during the debate. Personally, I think the way he ignored the State Department’s plan for peace in Iraq was pretty major… Anyway, after looking at this list, which is pretty damning, I really truly can’t understand how anyone could think that Bush…
“Good Steward”????
Well, all in all, both men did very well. These presidential debates are the most serious, the most exciting, the most historically resonant of any in my living memory. Anyone who wants to now has plenty of information to do their own research, and make an informed voting decision. Voter registration is up. I’m really beat and I’ve had an extraordinarily…um..unusual week. But I can’t go to bed after the second presidential debate without at least screaming out to cyberspace:…