A blogospheric brouhaha has erupted over Ed Whelan's outing of pseudonymous blogger "Pubulis" "Publius" as John Blevins of the South Texas School of Law. Glenn Reynolds has a round-up of links, which have generally been disapproving of Whelan's move. I've blogged under my own name since I started this blog more than 7 years ago […]
In a post earlier this month, I noted that gay rights organizations aren't interested in tolerance, they demand acceptance. Yesterday, legislation that would make gay marriage legal in New Hampshire faces a veto from a centrist Democrat governor because of gay marriage supporters. How can that be? Simple. To strike a compromise, both chambers had […]
Miss California USA pageant co-director Shanna Moakler resigned yesterday because unattainable Hoystory girlfriend Carrie Prejean got to keep her crown. Moakler made the following statement: “I cannot with a clear conscience move forward supporting and promoting the Miss Universe organization when I no longer believe in it, or the contracts I signed committing myself as […]
Let's start this discussion with a definition of terms. Acceptance: ac-cept-ance 2.favorable reception; approval; favor. Tolerance: tol-er-ance 1.a fair, objective, and permissive attitude toward those whose opinions, practices, race, religion, nationality, etc., differ from one's own; freedom from bigotry. 2.a fair, objective, and permissive attitude toward opinions and practices that differ from one's own. Acceptance […]
Last week, more than 500,000 people nationwide attended "tea parties" to protest not only taxes, but the Obama administration's out-of-control spending spree. In reporting on this event, various "journalists" on MSNBC and CNN became vulgarians -- referring to the protests as "teabagging". For those unfamiliar with the term, it is an oral sex reference. Once […]
Professor Robert P. George has an excellent, thoughtful response to twelve questions on the issue of stem cell research, abortion and science posed by law professor Douglas Kmeic. Kmeic, as some of you may remember, was an ardent pro-life Catholic who drank the Obama Kool-Aid. I encourage you to read all of the questions and […]
I mentioned the lefty blogosphere's outrage at the invitation Pastor Rick Warren received from Barack Obama to give the invocation at Obama's inauguration. But it wasn't just the lefty blogosphere, the Christian left also decided to weigh in. Courtesy of Christopher Johnson over at the Midwest Conservative Journal, we have Episcopal Bishop John Chane. I […]
I'm still not quite up to full speed, but I am recovering from the wicked cold that has laid me low these past few days. Here's some browser tabs that I've had open for awhile and meaning to blog about. "Our Generals Almost Cost Us Iraq" by Mackubin Thomas Owens points out that the generals […]
It shouldn't come as any surprise that the same cadre of judges who decided that they should impose their beliefs on the residents of Californian on what marriage should be would choose to create maximum chaos in that imposition. The state Supreme Court declined Wednesday to delay its decision allowing same sex couples to marry […]
Rebecca Walker, daughter of "The Color Purple" author Alice Walker, reveals that her mother was far more interested in her career and philosophy than she was in her own daughter. My early childhood was very happy although my parents were terribly busy, encouraging me to grow up fast. I was only one when I was […]