Whining for Juan Crow
by Roberto Lovato’s new Ode to Juan Crow is a must-read simply because it’s Americans’ responsibility to know what the people who are actively seeking to …
Month: May 2008
Why Obama is Winning
There’s no doubt that Barack Obama gives a damn fine speech when he’s had time to thoroughly prepare his remarks. But the biggest reason why …
Crime / Death Penalty / Texas
Ertman & Pena’s Killer To Finally Die
The horrifying murder of Jenny Ertman and Elizabeth Pena was my welcome home to Houston after living in Oregon for several years. I remember the …
Electing Michelle Obama
There’s one aspect to the rise and possible election of Barack Obama that I have not read a lot about: the form and function of …
Shocker: College Faculty Mostly Fund Democrats
This may come as a bit of a traumatic shock to readers of the this blog, but it’s become known to the Houston Chronicle that …
The New Anti-Intellectualism
From the Wall Street Journal: Often it seems as though American higher education exists only to provide gag material for the outside world. The latest …
McCain Joins Ethanol Rebellion
John McCain has joined with 23 other Senate Republicans to call for ethanol production mandates to be eased in light of rising grain prices. McCain …
Censoring Ourselves
Sam Harris, author of The End of Faith, today posted an intense condemnation of the western practice of censoring itself in regards to Islam and …
Hillary Ignoring Economists on Gas Tax Holiday
Robert Reich, a former Clinton Secretary of Labor who now favors Barack Obama, says that the gas tax holiday Ms. Clinton supports – as does …
Public Not Believing Obama re Wright
A new Rasmussen telephone poll shows that only 30% of Americans believe that Barack Obama broke with Jeremiah Wright because of his disgust with the …