As you may have heard, the Massachusetts Supreme Court has decided that barring the marriage of same-sex couples is a violation of the state constitution. I would have to have to agree, and here’s why. It’s a matter of process. The state does not have laws barring the expression of homosexuality. If the 14th amendment […]

Posted on November 19th, 2003 by admin
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Defense Memo: A Grim Outlook Guess Donald Rumsfield isn’t quite so optimistic about the results of the war on terror. The scary part — he thinks perhaps our country needs a “new institution” to fight terrorism. Perhaps I need to take a political science course again, because my memory must be failing — I thought […]

Posted on October 22nd, 2003 by admin
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After reading a bit from General Boykin’s “apology” regarding his comments about his role as God’s warrior in the war on terrorism, I thought I’d better clarify my position a bit. Here’s the chunk that caught my attention: “I believe that God intervenes in the affairs of men, to include nations, as Benjamin Franklin so […]

Posted on October 22nd, 2003 by admin
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I learned about an interesting bit of trivia about the phrase “one nation, under God” in our Pledge of Allegiance this weekend. Here’s what I did know: the pledge was adopted in 1951. Here’s what I didn’t know: it was adopted to differentiate us from the swarms of godless communists trying to take over the […]

Posted on October 20th, 2003 by admin
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Supreme Court to examine constitutionality of Pledge It seems America today will never tire of the arguments about the separation of church and state. What I really don’t understand is why Christians get so riled up over these issues. I challenge them to look around and tell me what they see — the City of […]

Posted on October 15th, 2003 by admin
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Should the Dems Attempt to Recall Arnold? Generally, I like what Joe Conason has to say. I may not always agree with him, but I still enjoy reading his journal. But I think he’s missing something here — this is a chance for Democrats to take the high road. The “fight fire with fire” approach […]

Posted on October 9th, 2003 by admin
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So I just went to Salon to check the latest headlines and columns, and since I don’t have a subscription to the site, I deal with the ads for a free day pass. Interestingly, today’s ad was the newest Cadillac SUV. Is Salon selling out for the almighty dollar? I mean, didn’t they run this […]

Posted on September 29th, 2003 by admin
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Reason has an interesting article about the libertarian response to the war in Iraq. I must admit, I’m bit surprised that the neo-conservative “war brings peace” ideology has permeated some libertarian thought, especially given the amount of money Bush is asking for the war. One positive note, though. Scroll down the page to the response […]

Posted on September 22nd, 2003 by admin
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This is going to be quite a rant, so if you’re not interested in reading about the intersection of theology and politics, and why some conservatives are a bit brain-dead, there’s nothing to see here, move along. By the way, I’d use MoveableType’s extended entry system, but I doubt the template for it is set […]

Posted on September 19th, 2003 by admin
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I was just reading Newsweek during lunch and saw this election campaign quote from George W. Bush, our president and commander-in-chief: ?Maybe I?m missing something here,? he said. ?I mean we?re going to have kind of a nation-building corps from America? Absolutely not. Our military is meant to fight and win war?The mission needs to […]

Posted on September 17th, 2003 by admin
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