National Priorities

If you could get guns for free over a P2P net­work, I would imag­ine we’d be see­ing some dif­fer­ent argu­ments from the gun lobby.

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Chief Justice Rehnquist

I think the open let­ter about the spec­u­la­tors on his retire­ment is real­ly a let­ter to the pres­i­dent. One that reads ‘I’ll die before I let you pick the next Chief Jus­tice. Count on it.’

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Big Government

So we should have a Gov­ern­ment that is just big enough that it can peek into our bed­room, but not one inch taller.

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Who Do You Pray To?

I believe in God, and I think George Bush and that God aren’t on speak­ing terms, let alone on the same ticket.

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Blair’s Mandate

Why is it that when Tony Blair is re-elect­ed with rough­ly 55% of the seats in par­li­ment, the news reports his slim vic­to­ry; ver­sus Bush’s man­date with just 51% of the vote?

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A Byrd In Hand Is Better Than Two In The Bush

Sen­a­tor Robert Byrd (D- WV) got a lot of flack in the news this week about some state­ments he made speak­ing out against the so-called “nuclear” option in the sen­ate. I find the Sen­a­tor to be far more ratio­nal-mind­ed than many give him cred­it for.

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Professional Amatuers

Blog­gers seem to be the sto­ry in the news late­ly. This all reminds me of Gomer Pyle shout­ing “Cit-i-zen’s Arrast, Cit-i-zen’s Arrast!”

Rethinking My Youth

Vir­ginia up until yes­ter­day had a state law ban­ning sex between unmar­ried individuals.

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