Every so often we hear the all-too-tiring “chickenhawk” insult, and though this argument has been refuted innumerably, it now has changed into the subject of ridicule. James Joyner, apparently, is sharpening his knives to be a political humorist: [...] One could reasonably be in favor of a governmental policy and yet have no desire to… Continue reading this entry
Dear friends, despite my auction for blog design services being closed there are plenty of auctions that are still up, for the Spirit Of America donation drive. The three coalitions have now banded together to continue pushing for donations. Kevin Aylward has the list of auctions by the Victory Coalition, while Aaron has a list… Continue reading this entry
Congratulations to the top bidders in my web design auction, Erik and Jeffrey Bouhlier. However, there were but four bidders for my auction. In the interest of both transparency, and also because I want more money to go to SOA, I have approached the losing bidders and offered my services in exchange for the donations… Continue reading this entry
I received an e-mail from my sister this evening about an editorial in the leading Philippine newspaper, The Philippine Daily Inquirer. From the editorial: THE TOPNOTCHER of the recent board exams for medical graduates makes no bones about his target: big bucks. He means to make his pile as a nurse in the United States,… Continue reading this entry
So far, there are three bidders for a blog design session where I give the top two winning bidders a bloglift. The Victory Coalition is still trailing the leaders by a significant amount, but it still is important to get as much cold cash pumped into this movement. Kevin Aylward has a list of all… Continue reading this entry
In the previous entry I said: No matter how some people tell themselves that there is a conflict, that there is some sort of nuanced — and I hate that word and its root more than you, my dear friends, will ever know — intricacy to the solution, sometimes the simplicity of it all is… Continue reading this entry
Lachlan notes an honor killing story involving Turkish immigrants to America and proceeds to opine: Once again, we have a case of women being treated as property. What I think will happen is that people will focus on the “alien culture” aspect of this case. Because the people involved are Turkish, it’s easy for people… Continue reading this entry
I’m late to the meme, although this is one frivolty I’d like to engage in. John Hawkins has a post listing the ten bloggers he’d like to have around him should he be on a desert island, here’s my list: Val Prieto would make an awesome lechon for whoever’s joining the party. I assure him… Continue reading this entry
Dear friends, let’s pay some attention to the Spirit Of America Challenge. It’s a sweet little competition between coalitions of blogs to raise money for Spirit Of America. Already, the Victory Coalition, to which I belong is in second place and has raised $7718. Michele lists some of the goodies that you may get in… Continue reading this entry
It seems to me that this world we live in has become the breeding ground for total relativism. Bravo; I have never been a big fan of groupthink. The game of relativism — moral and intellectual — is a simple game of numbers, nothing more. The thugs of Fallujah are Michael Moore’s minutemen (as noted… Continue reading this entry