Once again I’m late to the party, but I’ve been listening to Sufjan Stevens’ excellent Come on feel the Illinoise, the second in his proposed series of 50 albums, one for each state. The album features an amazingly poignant ballad “John Wayne Gacy, Jr” about the serial killer of the same name. Illlinoise [...]
Category Archives: politics
Dear Mr. President,
Tuesday, June 6, 2006 – 10:04 am
I understand that you are quite concerned about judicial activism. I appreciate your concern regarding historical precedent and original intent. Perhaps you could re-read the Federalist Papers for additional perspective. In particular I recommend Number 10. I’m sure you’ll find Madison’s thoughts on the tyranny of the majority fascinating. One [...]
The Long View
Monday, June 5, 2006 – 3:51 pm
If you want a thorough fisking of our esteemed President’s radio address yesterday (dedicated to the Federal Marriage Amendment, natch, because that’s the most pressing issue we face as a country), see Ted’s blog entry. It seems to me that this issue only comes up when Bush needs to appeal to the facists zealots [...]
Yeah, “Get Over Your Issues”
Saturday, December 3, 2005 – 4:03 pm
So Good As You pointed out an article on the American Family Associations website which highlights the work of (and I can’t make this up) Jews Against Anti-Christian Defamation (JAACD). Apparently the JAACD is fed up with people trying to take Christ out of Christmas and persecute those poor, underpriveleged Christians. Now I [...]
From Incompetence to Negligence
Wednesday, November 30, 2005 – 1:29 pm
I’ve been watching a lot of Frontline lately on PBS. I’ve Tivo’d it forever, but rarely watched. Two nights ago I watched The Storm, their analysis of Hurrican Katrina’s effect on New Orleans, and the government reponse to it (at all levels). Go watch it online, I’ll wait.
Back? Good. So [...]
