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New York Times: To Hell with Free Speech
Congress shall make no law … abridging the freedom of speech.
As a reaction to the recent supreme court decision, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, the New York Times has a truly execrable piece where they twist and/or ignore the meaning of an individual’s right to free speech.
With a single, disastrous 5-to-4 ruling, the Supreme [...]
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Wow
What happened tonight in Massachusetts was something else. It is sending shock waves through the political establishment of Washington with ripples that will continue on through the elections of 2010 and beyond.
This election shows that the Tea Party movement is real. It is not a fringe movement of crazy anarchists. It is an uprising of regular Americans, from [...]
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Reconsidering China
I was disappointed with Google’s previous decision to censor search results in China when they launched Google.cn. Helping the Chinese government suppress free speech clearly violates their motto, “
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Fruit Juice is Bad for You
Sorry kids, looks like we’ll be seeing a sin tax on those Capri Suns.
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Singin’ in the Rain
I vaguely remember the 1984 presidential election. I think a voting booth was brought into our school to teach us about the process. The ‘88 election is a similarly weak memory. I confess not remembering Tiananmen Square, probably because a 12-year-old has better things to do in the summer than worry about the struggle of the Cold [...]
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So Easy a Caveman Could Do It, But Not a Politician
Quick, how many commercials do you regularly see for car insurance? Safe Auto, Geico, Allstate, The General, Esurance, Progressive, State Farm, Nationwide, etc. From the girl with pink hair, to the gecko, to the cavemen, to the Safe Auto jingle, to Dennis Haysbert asking if I’m “in good hands” when I want him to say, “hats for [...]
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A Step in the Right Direction: Nobel Peace Prize Awarded to Obama
If you haven’t heard the news, President Obama just won the Nobel Peace Prize. Let that sink in and when the confusion has passed, come on back.
Ok. I felt the same for a few minutes this morning. This is like giving the Lombardi Trophy to Pete Sampras. Or maybe like giving a catcher in the [...]
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No Right to Health Care
Thank you John Mackey for understanding and defending rights. I might have to start shopping at Whole Foods.
Many promoters of health-care reform believe that people have an intrinsic ethical right to health care—to equal access to doctors, medicines and hospitals. While all of us empathize with those who are sick, how can we say that [...]
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Rather Begs for a Bailout
This is ridiculous. Dan Rather, a man who has blood on his hands for helping to kill mainstream media, is calling for a government commission to save it.
What he, and the others calling for media/journalism/newspapers to be saved, don’t understand is that journalism/media isn’t dying, it’s just changing. Calling for journalism to be saved is [...]
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(Not this) McDonald v. Chicago