Some Clarity on Fascism
The word fascism has been thrown around a lot recently--by the current administration in describing terrorists, and, to a less extent, liberals; and by the left in describing, well, every action the...
View ArticleThe (dung) Beatles
It Just came out that Rove may be leaving the White House. ( This on the heels of Rumsfeld's Retirement, and I'm staring at the disintegration of what seemed to be four peas in a pod, birds of a...
View ArticleI'm right and I can prove it
I'm still young and stupid, so forgive my ignorance if this is all common knowledge, and feel free to educate me in the finer points of moral philosophy. That being said, I've recently decided that...
View ArticleChecking my 'blindspots'
A while back a poster on redstate wrote an article entitled Liberalism's Blind Spot: The Cause of Our Moral Confusion, where the author attempted to get to the bottom of why those damned liberals...
View ArticleFundie president calls me clueless
Its not often that I am in communication with organizational presidents or successful authors, and its even more rare for them to insult me. Yesterday was just my lucky day i guess, as Brannon Howse...
View ArticleMy first protest
also at My Left Wing I know people have already written about the protest in DC yesterday, But I really wanted to share my experience, and mostly, the people that I met there. So if you all don't mind...
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pegleghippie-ism, or, way too many semantics
you cant see the pegleg but its there. and i have that cool beard. for reals. I was in the shower and i had a cool idea that turned into a content-lite link-heavy essay. Yay! So here's the idea....
View ArticleWaterboard the Candidates
Just a head's up. My friend Bing McGhandi over at Happy Jihad's house of Pancakes has come up with a fabulous idea: any candidate that doesn't call waterboarding torture will be water-boarded, just to...
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In Memoriam: Donovan Barks
(This is a repost, by request and with permission, of an essay by Maryscott O'Connor from MyLeftWing. Also known as BeagleandTabby Maryscott O'Connor wrote: The father of our one-time friend and...
View ArticleQuantifying Rationality
Also at Enigma engine This post may be a bit all over the place, and It will definitely be on the heavy side, so strap in now or get out of the car. Simply stated, my purpose here is to make the idea...
View ArticleA note about altruism
(This was largely inspired by PHIL. I. STINE over at My Left Wing, in a comment he made on my previous essay. I wanted to expand on the answer I gave him, since it's a topic that comes up a lot) Also...
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