Quality interweb mischief from Jared Bridges
Jared Bridges Joe Carter has the lowdown on the NY Times Magazine “Costco abortion” girl, Amy Richards: she has worked with Planned Parenthood, and is founder of a feminist organization which has financed abortions. Carter rightly ponders why the Times tried to conceal this bit of the story: Apparently, the Times realized that framing the story as … Read more
The National Education Association should be renamed the National Democrat Education Association. Rusty Lopez points to a Phyllis Schlafly report on this year’s meeting of the national teacher’s union. It turned out that their meeting had little to do with education: For the 2004 political campaign, the NEA will “partner” with left-wing organizations such as … Read more
Here’s a recap of some DVDs I’ve viewed recently and some quick takes on them: The Last Samurai is as good a depiction of culture clash as I’ve seen. Director Edward Zwick pulls this off on so many levels—culture wars occur on two levels: the American adapting to Japan, and the old Japan’s conflict with … Read more
I hate even to mention this, as it gives this person some unwarranted attention, but there is a certain commenter on this blog who keeps getting his comments deleted. Rather than give this person undue adulation, I’ll simply list some ways not to get your comments deleted: 1. Don’t use offensive language (yes, solely my … Read more
Reader John Divito writes: Hello! I wanted to let you know that I ran across a couple of internet articles you might be interested in. It seems to me that there are two camps of conservative Christian voters–those that vote strictly based on their conscience (and hence for a third party–say, the Constitution Party), and … Read more
Going three days without internet is good for the soul—once in a while. Being out of town, it took me until I got back to find out that Mike Tyson got KO’d in the fourth round in Louisville Friday night. I guess Iron Mike is a little rusty. I also missed a theater screening of … Read more
Got back from a weekend in Tennessee where I had the privilege of wishing my great-aunt Nancy Sharp a happy 90th birthday (she’s the better looking one in the photo above). After 90 years, Aunt Nancy is still as sharp as her last name. A more thoughtful person I’d be hard pressed to find. People … Read more
John Kerry sees his faith in terms of clothing: And let me say it plainly: in that cause, and in this campaign, we welcome people of faith. America is not us and them. I think of what Ron Reagan said of his father a few weeks ago, and I want to say this to you … Read more
…GOP.com has a very damning video of John Kerry, using only the words of John Kerry as he flip-flops about on Iraq and Saddam Hussein, saying that he said what he said before he didn’t say what he said when he voted for the war before he voted against it. Confused? I can’t see why … Read more
When evaluating one’s religious beliefs (or any beliefs for that matter), one should not be afraid to ask the difficult questions that accompany such belief. Blogger Virginia Postrel did ask such questions last week in response to yet another Nicholas Kristof column which disparaged evangelical Christians. Postrel, an atheist, poses some interesting questions: But [Kristof’s] … Read more