Archive for September, 2004
Posted in September 25th, 2004
But keep Brad Carson in mind: For sheer entertainment value, the Illinois Senate race has everyone beat. God bless Alan Keyes. But the Oklahoma race has offered more fireworks than any other race this cycle. We have Republican candidate Tom Coburn to thank for this. His gaffe-a-minute approach to campaigning has given Democrat Brad Carson […]
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Posted in September 25th, 2004
Of this event—maybe later in the weekend, but this should be a good teaser.
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Posted in September 24th, 2004
Is organized by Eric Zorn and is quite good. Read the whole dialogue.
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Posted in September 24th, 2004
Posted in September 24th, 2004
Schoenburg points out the issue: Why is there a need for an education department under the governor when he’s running the place anyway? That could be the question after the first moves of the new State Board of Education. Gov. ROD BLAGOJEVICH has said he wants to be held responsible for education in Illinois, and […]
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Posted in September 24th, 2004
Mike Lawrence points out the remedy: The Illinois GOP will rebound only if it is less dogmatic than Alan Keyes on social issues and absolutely intolerant of Fawell-like public betrayal and any shenanigans even approaching it.
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Posted in September 24th, 2004
Zorn never heard the phrase before—in academia it’s quite often used to deflate the royal we amongst friends. In the past, single authors were expected to use the royal we in writing–as the profession became more democratized this silly and patronizing artifact has become a target of ridicule. The only time I remember a couple […]
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Posted in September 24th, 2004
Sleeping or Evangelizing? Evangelizing.
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Posted in September 24th, 2004
If OPEC can’t significantly affect the price of oil when it can increase supply by 1.5 million barrels a day, how is ANWR supposed to do that when estimates put the maximum barrels a day at 876,000 in 2025? Just curious.
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Posted in September 24th, 2004
Does the father figure head back to Florida because of this? Or does he stay safely in Greene County? My guess is heads back to Florida.
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Posted in September 24th, 2004
A. They’ll all be buried in Illinois From Modern Vertebrate in comments….
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Posted in September 24th, 2004
Austin Mayor points out a rather strange ID in the Post-Dispatch, Keyes’ picture is labeled as Obama when you let your cursor rest on the picture They also mispell Keyes name in the caption. Welcome to my daily paper. If you wonder why I don’t criticize the Trib too much, it’s the comparison that makes […]
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Posted in September 24th, 2004
If by deceiving you mean, clearly stating his consistent position for the entire race, I suppose that is deception, but I think we can all agree that isn’t a typical definition of deceiving. Alan is just nutty on this one–well on all of them, but complaining that Obama is against gay marriage, but for civil […]
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Posted in September 24th, 2004
Zorn accosted by evangelists on the way to work this morning. The whole rant by the woman sounds like a former school board member in the City of Saint Louis who put a curse on me for calling her mentally ill. Someone in his comments suggests he started a physical confrontation. Huh? Anyway, raving loons […]
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Posted in September 24th, 2004
I think bad polls might degrade people’s confidence in social science, but I doubt it has much effect on how people vote. Zorn points out one potential problem: The problem with polls, such as it is, is the way public often interprets and then acts upon results. A candidate who polls poorly in the early […]
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