Responding to the Republican platform – "Traditional" marriage
Over a long series of blog posts, I’m going to pick apart the 2008 Republican Platform and respond to it, one or several sections at a time. I won’t...
Category: Politics
I’ll do it myself
I will be turning 30 later this year. I’ve lived through three decades, six Presidents thus far (though with the first two I don’t remember much), t...
The appeal of socialism
The battle with the oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico has renewed individual resolve for socialist agendas in the United States of America. Cries and chants ca...
E-mail to Sen. Lieberman
Earlier today I sent the following e-mail to Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) regarding his recent proposed legislation, the Terrorist Expatriation Act: Mr Senator, Ac...
Abortion targets African Americans?
It sure does… if you ignore all numbers relevant to the argument and focus instead only on one: African American women obtain about 37% of abortions compa...
Rep. Steve King
On Glenn Beck‘s radio program, Congressman Steve King [R-IA(5)] said this on March 18, 2010: This is my argument and I have made it publicly a few times, ...
Contract from America and conservatives
As of late, there has been a growing movement in the United States calling for a "Contract from America", a play on the 1994 Republican "Contract...
Canceled debts and the IRS
Anyone who has racked up a lot of debt knows that if they go into default, they can be at the mercy, or lack thereof, of their creditors. For example, as a tool...
Cancer vs. abortion
In a conversation regarding the press coverage of March for Life, my cousin’s husband, let’s call him Nathan, made a comparison with the Susan G. Ko...