Archive for November, 2002
Posted in November 22nd, 2002
David is taking a break from blogging to work on his dissertation. Write, man, write. It is too bad, he is one of the most interesting, if underrated, conservative bloggers out there. While everyone gets excited around election time, his blog offered up some interesting and detailed policy critiques and seldom resorted to the boilerplate […]
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Posted in November 22nd, 2002
I think David presents a good case and pretty convincing case other than a few minor quibbles. The first thing I should point out is that I do think more ideological balance would be better. That isn’t clear on earlier postings and I think that is an important point. I agree with David that I […]
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Posted in November 22nd, 2002
From David Hogberg concerning his thoughts on conservative/liberal imbalance in academia: (Note: I did some minor editing due to problems with my e-mail program, so if there are mistakes below, it is safe to assume they are mine and not David’s) I looked over your posts on the liberal-conservative (im)balance in academia and found them […]
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Posted in November 21st, 2002
Falwell (Scott not Jerry) apparently got free pot for favors. When he goes to testify I guess he can claim short term memory loss.
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Posted in November 21st, 2002
Mike Finley takes on an ideological hack complaining about faculty partisan identifications I don’t have a lot more to say other than what I said here. Stanley Fish wrote an op-ed pointing out that partisan ID doesn’t come up in academic job interviews and described the process. It is a process that is mind-numbingly boring […]
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Posted in November 21st, 2002
The Times gets on a high horse and calls for commutation fo all death row inmates. As a strong opponent of capital punishment I think we ought to end the death penalty. But a cheap stunt like the Times is proposing will end reform in Illinois. Blagojevich is already reluctant to look at any serious […]
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Posted in November 21st, 2002
The aptly named USS Clueless is warning that terrorists are using warnings of vulnerabilities to think of new attacks. I’ve known about many of these for a long time but have refused to discuss them for fear of giving our enemies ideas. One in particular is the idea of importing and releasing crop and livestock […]
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Posted in November 21st, 2002
The Trib takes George Ryan to task for his crony appointments to the university system. He is sort of a soulmate with Jeb, isn’t he?
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Posted in November 21st, 2002
Why should Augusta stay segregated? The defenses so far: 1) Tradition Tradition isn’t a reason for continuing discriminatory practices. Not admitting African-Americans was tradition too. 2) There are more important issues There are always more important issues to almost any single problem. This is on the agenda. 3) Legal Right I have a legal right […]
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Posted in November 20th, 2002
Jeff Cooper demonstrates why I have him on my regular reads by giving the perfect example of why fisking is pointless. Jeff also makes a good point that the technique (preferably without the name fisking) can be useful. I would point out it is very useful when used to combat creationists and others who make […]
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Posted in November 20th, 2002
Reynolds is still insisting: TAPPED still has its panties in a wad over the Martha Burk fertility-control "satire" issue, which McElroy also mentions. But I repeat: a non-lefty white male wouldn’t be allowed to claim "satire" as a defense for writing something similar about fertility control in women — any more than he would be […]
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Posted in November 20th, 2002
Reportedly the Bush Administration is going to try and raise the CAFE Standards for light trucks and SUVS by 1.5 mpg. The full story is at the WSJ. It should be at the Onion.
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Posted in November 20th, 2002
From Greenwire: The incoming chairmen of the Senate Budget and Energy committees said Tuesday they may try to move Arctic National Wildlife Refuge drilling provisions early next year as part of the FY ’04 budget reconciliation bill. If pursued, the strategy means Republicans could circumvent Democratic filibuster threats to open the Alaskan refuge with only […]
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Posted in November 20th, 2002
George Ryan’s daughters have been given immunity. No wonder he came to Da Speaker’s defense when she said she’d investigate her father.
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Posted in November 20th, 2002
When you win a close one, the conventional wisdom is to stay in the center. Fortunately, centrifugal forces counteract the rush to the middle and one of those centrifugal forces is Phyllis Schlafly. For those expecting a latino resurgence in the Republican Party, Ms. (I couldn’t resist) Schlafly throws some cold water on immigration. More […]
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