Biology Means Very Little, Really
by Thom Marshall wrote about a girl who wants to live with her step-mother instead of her biological one, only to be stymied by the courts. …
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Marc is a software developer, writer, and part-time political know-it-all who currently resides in Texas in the good ol' U.S.A.
A National Championship for a Real College – Hoorah!
It’s nice to see a real academy of education win an NCAA (baseball) championship for a change. Congrats to the Rice Owls! I’d love to …
OK to Filter Porn at Public Libraries
In a better ruling than was issued in regards to the scourge of affirmative action, the Supreme Court ruled it is constitutional for libraries to …
Affirmative Action Lives On, Unfortunately
The Supreme Court has voted to allow “limited” forms of affirmative action in college admissions policy. Here’s what Houstonians had to say. Notice anything odd …
Spam Is Killing the Internet
National columnist Jacquelyn Mitchard is taking her email address out of circulation because of spammers. This is the same problem as us common-folk have; perhaps …
White House Tells EPA to Omit Important Content From Report
How about telling the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but? If Christie Whitman cares so much about the report’s integrity, she ought not to …
Senator Hatch: Destroy Music Downloader’s Computers
Now that’s the legal and ethical vision a U.S. Senator should have! I’m just sorry that Orrin’s presidential bid floundered… I suspect there’s a band …
IRS Employees Mis-using Computers?
Internal Revenue Service employees using thousands of computers accessed prohibited Web sites, blah, blah, blah. There’s nothing unusual about this; every company has the same …
Environmentalists Never Happy
Now they’re complaining about hydrogen as a new environmental debate as erupted over hydrogen fuels. Can anything be worse than burning oil and driving Ford …
No Reason for Washington Coach to be Canned
Coach Rick Neuheisel was fired for betting on the NCCA basketball tournament. The thing is, for those who may not know or care, he’s a …