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Month: July 2010

Law/Marriage/Politics/Republican platform

Responding to the Republican platform – "Traditional" marriage

Posted on July 31, 2010 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

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...

Term limits

"Citizen Congress"

Posted on July 30, 2010 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

In response to my last article regarding a near-continuous attempt by Rep. Serrano to repeal the 22nd Amendment, I received a rather interesting comment that I ...

Term limits

Repealing the 22nd Amendment

Posted on July 28, 2010 by Kenneth Ballard / 1 Comment

The Twenty-second Amendment to the Constitution is one part of the Constitution that should never be touched. Never. A limit on the presidential term is necessa...

Constitution/Marriage/Republican platform/Supreme Court

Stripping jurisdiction from the Federal courts

Posted on July 25, 2010 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

Here is an interesting question to ponder: does Congress have the power to exempt from the United States Supreme Court or Federal courts cases dealing with cert...

Energy/Life

Window films

Posted on July 17, 2010 by Kenneth Ballard / 1 Comment

I typically don’t talk much about energy efficiency. Living in an apartment, unless you can negotiate with the property management about your appliances, ...

Driving/Life

Drive safe out there

Posted on July 11, 2010 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

It’s become something of a reflex for me. Whenever I part company with someone, I tend to almost instinctively say “drive safe”, or something ...

Abortion/Religion

Who is and is not a Christian?

Posted on July 9, 2010 by Kenneth Ballard / 1 Comment

My last article regarding the "No true Christian" fallacy struck a chord with a good friend of mine. I call him a good friend because I’ve known...

Abortion/Religion

No true Christian…

Posted on July 8, 2010 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

Imagine Hamish McDonald, a Scotsman, sitting down with his Glasgow Morning Herald and seeing an article about how the "Brighton Sex Maniac Strikes Again.&q...

Children/Law/Religion

Revisiting Kent Schaible

Posted on July 4, 2010 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

Recently out of a curiosity I decided to see if I could find information on the Kent Schaible case through the court docket. The criminal trial for Herbert and ...

Law/Religion/Supreme Court

God is banished from the classroom?

Posted on July 2, 2010 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

Note: This discussion should be considered applicable to the United States only. Prayers are one of the dominating themes of religion. They range from simple ve...

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