by Didact | Jan 2, 2014 | Uncategorized
It’s very rare for an American politician, of any party, to speak truthfully in public these days. I have a few minor differences with Col. Allen West (US Army, Ret.), but for the most part I’d say he’s one of the few genuine conservatives who really...
by Didact | Jan 1, 2014 | Uncategorized
Of all of the countries in the world, I didn’t expect the land of Moses to support something that goes directly against one of the oldest ideas in the Bible: In 2014, the government of Israel will pay to abort babies for any woman aged 20 to 33 regardless...
by Didact | Dec 31, 2013 | Uncategorized
Normally I wouldn’t touch Paul Krugman’s periodic outbursts of moon-brained stupidity with a ten-foot pole. I leave that to older and wiser people (who also have the time to deal with such things). His latest NYT column, though, is literally a target just...
by Didact | Dec 30, 2013 | Uncategorized
So you’re telling me that there exists a branch of the US government’s federal bureaucracy that is corrupt and inept, sells guns to drug cartels in Mexico, hires mentally ill people to conduct sting operations and then arrests them, allows minors to take...
by Didact | Dec 24, 2013 | Uncategorized
There are many perfectly good reasons to hold Republicans (a.k.a. big-government conservatives) in thorough and utter contempt; personally, I view most Republican politicians as being even less intelligent than the majority of lower primates, including the uniquely...
by Didact | Dec 19, 2013 | Uncategorized
Apparently intelligence officials in the Department of Defense (can someone please explain to me how a “Department of Defense” is supposed to win a war?) are absolutely crapping their pants in sheer terror at the amount of information that goddamn...
by Didact | Dec 16, 2013 | Uncategorized
By now it should be readily apparent to anyone living in the northern latitudes with a pair of functioning eyes and the ability to feel cold that the drumbeat of predictions about the Great Manmade Global Warming Apocalypse were seriously exaggerated: Professor Mike...
by Didact | Dec 8, 2013 | Uncategorized
New York City’s outgoing mayor is now planning to ramp up his city’s longstanding and utterly misbegotten war against the universal right of self-defence: The New York City Police Department (NYPD) is sending out letters telling gun owners to turn over...
by Didact | Dec 8, 2013 | Uncategorized
… but not in the way you would normally think: SAN ANTONIO — A University of the Incarnate Word police officer shot and killed a 23-year-old student during a traffic stop Friday morning, just a few blocks north from the campus, according to the Alamo...
by Didact | Dec 5, 2013 | Christianity, Uncategorized
A left-liberal Christian argues that it is possible to hold socially conservative yet fiscally liberal views simultaneously without contradiction, and as usual completely misses the point of Christ’s Ministry: Powers described her gradual progression from...
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