Social Security Blogging
Deinonychus Antirrhopus has some thoughtful posts on Social Security reform. If you visit, read the comments, too. Some are excellent ...
Staples’ Sinclair Boycott Story Updated
We've updated the Staples-Sinclair story post here. The latest update we posted says: Addendum 2 6:41 PM: Paul Capelli of Staples just returned my call. I am posting this quick to get out the basic message, and will elaborate ASAP with an additional update with details. Basically, it was a ...
Staples Boycotts Sinclair; Should CBS Be Next?
Husband David has just sent the following e-mail to Owen Davisof Staples, in response to news stories quoting Davis saying Staples now intends to withdraw ads buys from Sinclair News: Dear Mr. Davis, I read in today's Washington Post that Staples, Inc. pulled its advertising from Sinclair Broadcast news programming ...
Associated Press & Global Warming: Never Let Facts Get in the Way of a Good Theory
BACKGROUND: The Associated Press has recently run two global warming stories by AP Special Correspondent Charles P. Hanley that misrepresent objective facts about climate, apparently for the purpose of leading readers to believe that human activities are causing the planet to warm significantly. The AP published the same faulty information ...
Putin Critic Illarionov Demoted
Bad news: Vladimir Putin has demoted Andrei Illarionov, who differed publicly with Putin on global warming, the Yukos seizure, the presidential election in Ukraine and numerous other economic and political issues. Good news: Illarionov wasn't sent to a gulag. (One must look for the positive whenever possible.) ...
Easy Retirement Planning
Rich Tucker of the Heritage Foundation has the world's easiest retirement plan. Every year, he writes himself an IOU ...
American Stinginess and U.N. Uselessness
Ed Haislmaier sent over this link to an opinion piece by Mark Steyn about the tsunami. Sample line: But the waters recede and the familiar contours of the political landscape re-emerge - in this case, the need to fit everything to the Great Universal Theory of the age, that whatever ...
House GOP Rule Change Reversed
Looks like Professor Bainbridge is getting his wish: Any member of the U.S. House GOP leadership who is indicted by a grand jury once again automatically will lose his or her post, even if members of the Caucus believe the charges are hogwash. Here's part of how Roll Call is ...
How Much Americans are Giving
This blog seems to be keeping close track of the amount Americans have donated privately to tsunami-related humanitarian aid programs. Check the box at the top left with the picture of President Bush flanked by flags for a total and the PDF link to see how the total was determined ...
Archbishop of Canterbury Believes in God
Couldn't help but notice the article headlined on Lucianne.com just now saying the Archbishop of Canterbury doesn't believe in God. I know very little about this particular Archbishop of Canterbury (Rowan Williams), but when I read the January 2 Telegraph piece Lucianne.com refers to, I don't see that he says ...
U.N. Claiming False Credit?
The United Nations may be trying to claim credit for tsunami relief work it is not doing ...
Don’t Read Captain’s Quarters Today
This post on Captain's Quarters, "Anti-Tobacco Efforts Get A Little Weird," is amusing, but don't risk the danger of reading it unless you are a trial lawyer or a state attorney general. The powers that be decided long ago that voters and consumers should have little say when it comes ...
Revamping Social Security
This Washington Post story by Jonathan Weisman, "Revamping Social Security," isn't written precisely the way I would have done it, but it is very much worth reading. Much of the piece is stuck in the "do we need to rescue Social Security?" mode, which is a question we should be ...
Michael Crichton Bribed by Rupert Murdoch to Question Global Warming, Privacy Group Says
This guy needs to calm down for the sake of his own health. How does the Electronic Privacy Information Center know Michael Crichton's on the take from Murdoch, anyway? Do they have Crichton and Murdoch under surveillance? ...
Top Ten Political Blogs
LoveToKnow announces the top ten political blogs, in the opinion of their editors. Actually, since they select ten blogs from the right and ten from the left, it is the top twenty political blogs... but who's counting? ...Just thought I would ring in the new year on a nice note ...
Profiles of Empowerment, by Virgil Beato
Black History Month celebrations largely focus on those who secured equal rights for all: People such as Harriet Tubman, Fredrick Douglass and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. What's often overlooked, however, is the path of opportunity they paved and its importance today. The accomplishments of living African-Americans can provide the ...
Can the Unborn Save Future Generations? by Mychal Massie
Thirty-three years after Roe v. Wade legalized abortion, "Jane Roe" (whose real name is Norma McCorvey) is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to rehear her case because she claims she was lied to about the safety of the procedure. But suppose it is not her struggle that ends the barbaric ...
Black Leaders Turn King’s Dream Into A Nightmare, by Jerry Brooks
Every third Monday in January, our nation celebrates the life and accomplishments of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr. King's struggle for civil rights and equality are certainly worthy of recognition and emulation. Events will honor his life and achievements. Amidst all the music and fanfare, however, some black leaders ...
It’s About the Common Man, Not the Celebrities, by E. LeMay Lathan
While watching the television special "Black History, Television Shows" with my family, I learned things that had never occurred to me about some of my favorite shows. The program, hosted by sportscaster James Brown, featured a panel of celebrities and activists who provided incredible perspectives on the history of television ...
What the NAACP Should Do Now, by Lana Hampton
With a changing of the guard occurring at the NAACP, the nation's oldest civil rights organization has an opportunity for growth and change. It would be in the NAACP's best interest to put itself on a more centrist course than the one it has been on for the past 40 ...
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