tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-94656282011-12-14T21:05:03.167-06:00Issues of politics, culture, philosophy and religionEdward J. Calvin Jr.noreply@blogger.comBlogger1521100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9465628.post-1142576289895809182006-03-13T23:02:00.000-06:002006-03-17T00:18:09.960-06:00

16 Blocks, the new Bruce Willis action thriller, is a surprisingly excellent film. It's theme is an important one: redemption. I don't have much more I want to say about it than that.People can become better people. Regardless of past mistakes, one is always capable of taking a stand for justice. And that's a beautiful thing to see.Exciting, emotional, and powerful, 16 Blocks is a film worth

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Each year, the Academy Awards ceremony provides an opportunity for Hollywood to show how different than typical America it is. This year, more so than usual, the nominated films are "message" movies that promote the left-wing agenda.Indeed, Hollywood loves anything that defies traditional norms and finds such material particularly "artistic." Instead of films that--though fictional--tell us

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"“The entire case against the Dubai Ports deal is built on nonsense."” -- Larry KudlowThe Bush administration has come under fire for allowing a British company to sell the management of several ports in the U.S. to a company from the United Arab Emirates. Is there anything at all wrong with such a deal? No, it doesn't look like it. Even Tom Friedman says so.Indeed, the administration thought

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This piece was published in The Wake under my alternate (read: real) name, with a few minor alterations/mistakes and an entirely inappropriate title. Click here to read it.----------As the United States and much of the world fretted over elections in Palestine and Iran’s growing threat, Pakistani Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz visited the White House Jan. 24. Aziz used American airtime to say all

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The state of the union is pretty good.And President Bush's speech was pretty good, too, and well delivered. The first half - on his bold and brilliant foreign policy - was excellent. But the second half, on domestic issues, was much more worrisome.The president is certainly a "big-government conservative," and now he wants to spend more on education and a few other endeavors. But it's now gotten

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Today is the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court decision that invented a Constitutional "right" to have one's unborn child bloodily dismembered. It was a classic act of judicial tyranny, completely undermining our system of government. But more importantly, it resulted in the legality of a barbaric practice that undermines the respect for human dignity upon which this republic was

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A taped message from al Qaeda leader and mass murderer Osama bin Laden was aired Thursday on Al-Jazeera. In it, bin Laden demonstrated impressive familiarity with the talking points of U.S. liberals. As Mark Alexander writes, the tape "sounded as if it had been excerpted from recent anti-American rhetoric from Ted Kennedy, Harry Reid and other Demo-gogues." Indeed, Osama and leading Democrats

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Charles Marsh writes a piece in the New York Times today criticizing evangelicals who have supported the war in Iraq. Says Marsh: "In the past several years, American evangelicals, and I am one of them, have amassed greater political power than at any time in our history. But at what cost to our witness and the integrity of our message?"Marsh claims that the desire for political power is the

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Most of last night's Golden Globe winners came as no surprise. In the Movie Drama category, "gay cowboy" film Brokeback Mountain took Best Picture and Best Director, while Best Actor went to Philip Seymour Hoffman for his portrayal of gay author Truman Capote (with Heath Ledger, as a homosexual adulterer in Brokeback, apparently a very close second) and Felicity Huffman received Best Actress for

Edward J. Calvin Jr.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9465628.post-1137398943684680142006-01-16T07:09:00.000-06:002006-01-16T02:14:41.950-06:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } I like to visit BuyBlue.org before I go shopping. From what I can tell, it's an excellent resource for learning what companies not to buy from.And now we have Counterclick.org, where a good percentage of your purchases goes to

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Ann Coulter:For fun, we ought to replace all the Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee with "American Idol" contestants (assuming they wouldn't object to serving on a committee that includes a degenerate like Teddy Kennedy). Democrats would still not be able to persuade a single normal American that Sam Alito is "out of the mainstream."Indeed, it's gone very well for Judge Samuel Alito.

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Recently, I talked with a teenage relative of mine who was busy nervously comparing her standardized test scores with those of other people. Sure, such behavior is normal and not exactly worrisome, but afterward I realized what I wish I had said - to her or to anyone else thinking less of themselves because of their intelligence level, physical appearance, athletic ability, etc. Thus the

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Senator Schumer's question segment today in the Alito hearings was very entertaining. Schumer wanted Alito to say flat-out whether the Constitution included a right to abortion, but the judge properly and repeatedly declined to give an answer to that constitutional issue. Schumer spent a long time on stare decisis, and he attempted to show that, although Alito professes respect for the doctrine,

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The confirmation hearings for Judge Sam Alito began today with opening statements, which were interesting to watch. Alito himself was excellent, and I was impressed with most of the Republican senators and their attempts to counter liberal talking points.Schumer, Biden, Feinstein, and the other Democrats were mostly predictable. If you paid enough attention, you probably noticed that these

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Pundits are making their political predictions for 2006 and beyond, and none are doing a better job of it than R. Emmett Tyrrell. Tyrrell writes, "In the media the [Republican] party is depicted as being in danger of losing to the Democrats in the off-year elections next fall. That probably will be the case, unless the Republicans have to run against the Democrats. Against the Democrats they

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2005 was an interesting year - one of natural disasters, historic foreign elections, and "complicated political situations," as Ben Shapiro writes in an excellent year-end op-ed piece. But "amidst all the political turmoil," Shapiro says, "something grand happened this year: America's situation in the world improved by leaps and bounds."With three remarkably successful elections, 2005 may have

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In an opinion issued Tuesday, U.S. District Judge John Jones ruled that teaching "intelligent design" would violate the Constitutional separation of church and state."We have concluded that it is not [science], and moreover that ID cannot uncouple itself from its creationist, and thus religious, antecedents," Jones writes in his 139-page opinion posted on the court's Web site.The judge's decision

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The people of Iraq are voting right now, and we should all pray for tremendous success and raise a purple finger for freedom. I hope you've all done this already, but if not, it's not too late to show your support.There are a ton of purple links here. Plus, Cliff May on why we should all purple our index finger in support of Iraqi democracy.Follow along at Pajamas Media and Iraq the Model for

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FYI...I've been extremely occupied with other things the past month or so, so there's a lot of blogging content from recent weeks that I have yet to actually blog. But I'll be catching up on everything within the next week and a half or so.Thanks for your patience.

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"Let us suppose that there were a land like Narnia and that the Son of God, as he became a man in our world, became a lion there, and then imagine what would happen." - C. S. LewisThe Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, the new film adaptation of C. S. Lewis' classic story (one part of a 7-book Narnia series), is something everyone should see. That's because Hollywood

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His songwriting orbited around the universal human condition of sin and redemption, murder and grace, darkness and light. What you saw was what you got with Cash. When he sang, you could almost taste the hillbilly moonshine, smell the gunpowder of a smoking revolver, and feel the drops of blood off the thorny crown of a crucified Christ.- Steve BeardBig-time Oscar contender Walk the Line tells

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Some gift recommendations for Christmas this year:For children...Stocking stuffers for the whole family:Also, see the "Worth Reading" section on the left-hand column of the home page (scroll down a bit), as well as the political/cultural and philosophy resource pages.Update: See Thomas Sowell's book list, as well as the Human Events Top 10 Best Christmas Gifts for 2005. For a wider variety of

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The Ashbrook Center: The Political Theology of ThanksgivingMike Franc: Pilgrims Beat ‘Communism’ With Free MarketTim Chapman: Conservatives Have Reason to be ThankfulAnd just so it's clear, the person to which we "give thanks" is God. We don't just give thanks to nothing.Also, go here to learn about "Thank A Soldier Week," which starts Dec. 19.

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Insanity began sweeping Congress last week, as Democratic Rep. John Murtha called for a withdrawal from Iraq, Democrats in general continued to make similarly psychotic and irresponsible suggestions (quite obviously for political gain, unless we are to assume widespread mental retardation), and Republicans largely buckled like pathetic little mice under the weight of all that foolishness.Cal

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Last summer's The Island, out on DVD next month, received mostly negative reviews and flopped at the box office.Yet this big-budget Michael Bay action film provides a very powerful pro-life message. LIBERTAS calls it "quite possibly the most aggressively '‘conservative' film this year." What?!I saw the movie yesterday and found it entertaining, exciting, funny, and - most importantly - powerful

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Despite President Bush's policy faults - whether on immigration, education, federal spending, or various other decisions he's made - he will still be considered a great president in my book as long as he maintains the strength in the war on terror that he showed today. In the midst of alarmingly absurd public rhetoric on Iraq, even from some of our most powerful politicians, the president

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Conservatives, that is. And it feels really, really good.Judge Sam Alito looks to be a fantastic Supreme Court justice - one worth getting excited about.Michelle Malkin has a huge roundup on the nomination and reaction.A few more quick links: Leftists react; top ten reactions; parody from the American Princess. This from ScrappleFace is quite funny. Confirm Them has some examples of the media

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Ideally, this is what would happen, as written by commenter NCC at Confirm Them:A Halloween announcement would be great. Bush could come out with the nominee. The nominee would wear a Darth Vader outfit, complete with a helment and mask. Bush would say: "Is it Alito? Or Luttig?"Then Janice Rogers Brown would take off the mask, and say in a low voice, "“No, George, I am your nominee."As good as

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When early-90's speeches were dug up earlier this week in which Harriet Miers made some troublesome comments, I began to panic.So the fact that she withdrew today is somewhat a relief. Indeed, Cal Thomas explains in this column (before the withdrawal) why it suddenly seems unlikely that she's a staunch originalist. Dr. James Dobson was forced to change his mind about her. And last week Charles

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The whole Harriet Miers nomination process seems sure to be much more interesting and lively than the Roberts nomination. In fact, it already has been. Controversy abounds.A plethora of links: Apparently, two of Miers's close friends actually said they thought she would overturn Roe v. Wade if given the chance.In 1989, Miers backed an amendment to the Constitution banning abortion. Will it boost

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Iraq, Islamofascism: Michelle Malkin on "a monumental week in Iraq" and the left-wing media that's trying to ruin everything. She quotes Sergeant Ron Long, an Army combat medic:It makes my stomach ache to think that we are helping to preserve free speech in the U.S., while the media uses that freedom to try to rip down the President and our morale, as U.S. Soldiers. They seem to be enjoying the

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Michigan Supreme Court Justice Stephen Markman debunks myths surrounding the Constitution. William Cooper writes on how the judiciary has strayed from its proper role.Plus, is the meaning of a document whatever the reader interprets it to be? Shockingly, many have essentially accepted this notion, and Michael Bauman shows how absurd it is. Even more shockingly, it is that very question that is

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There's been speculation that President Bush reassures parts of his supporting coalition - while not offending others - by speaking in "code." And no doubt it's tough to balance that kind of diverse political support. The New York Times writes that this is getting difficult with the Miers nomination, for which "the administration relied on subtle clues about her evangelical faith and confidential

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No, of course not. Actually, this post would be more aptly titled "Why I am not a Democrat."I recently wrote about "controversial" remarks from William Bennett and the responses they generated. Now DNC Chairman Howard Dean has added to the backlash, calling Bennett's words "hateful" and "inflammatory."I thus conclude, as I have many times before, that Howard Dean is either incredibly stupid or

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Do you trust President Bush?When Bush unexpectedly nominated Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court, conservatives first reacted with complete shock. Subsequently, many began plotting the president's assassination.Or at least it felt that way.I'll admit that, like most of those disappointed conservatives, I had hoped for a nominee with an outspoken originalist judicial philosophy. But what matters

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Is postmodernism the force it's often said to be? Brett Kunkle quotes William Lane Craig, who says:Frankly, I don'’t confront many students who are postmodernists. For all the faddish talk, I think it'’s a myth. Students aren'’t generally relativistic and pluralistic, except when it comes to ethics and religion. But that's not postmodernism, that's modernism. That's old-style verificationism,

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As David Limbaugh writes, "From everything we read from the mainstream media, President Bush is a man on the ropes, beaten, discouraged and out of gas in the middle rounds of his presidency. Already reeling from his problems in Iraq, Katrina nearly delivered the knockout blow." Some are saying that the Bush era is effectively over.Moreover, "If all this weren't bad enough, many conservatives are

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Bennett's comments: William Bennett has come under fire for recent remarks on his radio show. Opinion Journal explains:Bennett and a caller to his radio show the other day were discussing a hypothesis in Steven Levitt's book "Freakonomics" (available from the OpinionJournal bookstore): that the explosion of abortion after Roe v. Wade depleted the number of potential criminals and thus helped

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David Brooks writes an interesting column about a divide within the Democratic Party, characterized perfectly by recent speeches from John Edwards and John Kerry (and yes, it's ironic that they ran for office together).On one side are the Democrats who think they're losing because they haven't sufficiently made their case or disparaged their opponents. They just need to shout louder and employ

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Katrina and GOP spending: To follow up this post, which included much material on wasteful GOP spending, brought to light by the Katrina disaster:Kathleen Parker (similar to David Limbaugh in my previous post) notes that while President Bush plans to use lots and lots of money, he's spending it in a way that promotes ownership and personal responsibility. Indeed, Parker writes that he's at least

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Joe Carter at Evangelical Outpost wrote a post Sept. 12 outlining the basic components of his worldview. It's well done and worth looking over.I particularly like his use of the term "creational norms," elsewhere called the "creation order," which is basically a foundational, normative structure of creation - the way things are supposed to be - that's rooted in God's purposes. When sin entered

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SCOTUS nomination: The conservative blogosphere is frantically arguing about what kind of justice John Roberts will be. The frustrating truth is, while some people (people close to Roberts, hopefully including the president) probably know his actual judicial philosophy, the rest of us don't - at least not until he starts writing opinions on cases. In the confirmation hearings he was excellent,

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On May 23 George Will gave a speech on the doctrine of preemption, and the transcript is here. As one would expect, Will - always eminently reasonable - provides a thoughtful analysis of American foreign policy ideas and their history. There are certainly pragmatic worries about our current policy, which should be debated; but the goal is the same for all reasonable Americans. Americans,

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The Sandy Berger scandal seems to have come to an end. The AP reports: "A judge on Thursday ordered Sandy Berger, President Clinton's national security adviser, to pay a $50,000 fine for illegally taking classified documents from the National Archives."The article goes on to summarize the story: "The sentencing capped a bizarre sequence of events in which Berger admitted to sneaking classified

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Abortion: Jennifer Roback Morse writes, "It is startling to realize that the looming battle for the Supreme Court hinges on whether nominees will pledge their support for the utterly irrational demand to suspend the law of cause and effect. For that is what the claim that we have a constitutional right to 'reproductive freedom' amounts to."Real reproductive freedom is the choice of whether or not

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Two side notes: "Various notes" posts will from now on be labeled "notebook" posts. And my embryonic stem cell research op-ed piece from a few weeks ago, which compares conservative Sen. Bill Frist to the Nazis, is now posted here.1) The excellent Chief Justice William Rehnquist has passed away, to be replaced by John Roberts (if confirmed). The Roberts choice is very practical; nominating anyone

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Donate to Samaritan's Purse to help provide desperately needed aid. Also, Instapundit has a massive list of charities providing relief.Plus, Hugh Hewitt writes: If you like this blog and trust my judgment, please send a check to a church in the heart of the city of New Orleans, Canal Street Prebyterian Church, which will be a great steward of such funds. I am leaving it up to the church's

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Politics: Mike Adams writes about the first "National Conservative Coming Out Day."Also, R. Emmett Tyrrell writes on the disarray of the Democratic Party, while Mark Tapscott wonders if conservatives should abandon the GOP because of their reckless spending. As Tapscott says, "The rebirth of limited government will remain a conservative pipedream as long as the people in charge of the GOP

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Americans seem to be more upset about the situation in Iraq than ever before. So it's never been more important to defend the importance of our mission. (Scroll down for more links.)David Limbaugh summarizes the initial case for war with Iraq. He also notes that war opponents rarely distinguish between the wisdom of our initial invasion and the wisdom of staying there/our current strategy.

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Natural Law: Scott Klusendorf blasts those Christians who deny the existence of natural law. Such people assume what they deny - they "cannot even get their theology off the ground without assuming several foundational truths, all of which are under assault from the secular culture." And that's why it's important to defend those natural law truths in the public square.Speaking of which, Sen. Rick

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Hollywood celebrities and others convened recently to honor the late Hunter S. Thompson - the famous liberal "gonzo" journalist who committed suicide. As L. Brent Bozell writes:Worshippers of the wild and dissolute drug culture of the 1960s gathered at their temple in Woody Creek, Colorado on an August Saturday night to pay tribute to the booze-and-drug-soaked journalistic legend Hunter S.

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Simple, isn't it?Larry Kudlow on the Bush economic boom. So why are the president's economic poll ratings so low? Two points: "Bush has a good [economic] story to tell, but he must tell it. Then he must add a chapter on new spending restraint" (emphasis added).John Stossel on the superiority of private charity. Unfortunately, ineffective government programs have crowded it out.

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A response to Cindy Sheehan: Clifford D. May responds directly to Cindy Sheehan. Plus, so does Scott Ott. May writes: "You say you want to know, 'What is the noble cause that my son died for?' They would answer: Your son died fighting a war against an extremist movement intent on destroying free societies and replacing them with racist dictatorships."Chickenhawk? Ben Shapiro's second column on

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I'm always angered when someone tries to dismiss my moral point-of-view by saying, "You shouldn't judge." Making claims about the world is normal and necessary. When I claim that something is true, it should be treated as the truth claim that it is - either true or false. A person can argue one way or the other. It takes a kind of relativistic approach to dismiss a moral assertion as meaningless

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David Limbaugh writes another column today about Intelligent Design (ID), which was brought back to the forefront of public discussion a few weeks ago following remarks from President Bush (I recently wrote about ID vs. Creationism here).Darwinists claim that ID isn't scientific because it's not falsifiable. Advocates of design theory would probably disagree, since they have developed strict

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The conservative blogosphere has been abuzz about the Air America scandal in recent weeks, which I've failed to write about here. L. Brent Bozell covers the situation and the lack of proper media attention here. The gist?On July 26, bloggers busted open a brand-new talk radio scandal, and the hypocrisy was juicy: the ultraliberal Air America radio network, the folks who would call themselves

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ESCR: ‘Little Eichmanns’ in Our MidstAugust 17, 2005----------When fake-Native American college professor Ward Churchill dubbed 9/11 victims "little Eichmanns" (after the infamous Nazi), non-liberal Americans reacted with shock and horror at Churchill’s twisted ideology and hatred for his country. But his comments were demonstrative of a highly visible trend: cultural commentators comparing

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Justice Sunday II: Sunday's broadcast can be found here. The speaker lineup was excellent, including Chuck Colson, James Dobson, Ted Haggard, Tony Perkins, Tom DeLay, Zell Miller, and many more worthy of note. (Note that Bill Frist wasn't invited this time.)On language: Chuck Colson discusses the importance of words, especially as they relate to important cultural discussions surrounding issues

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Sadly, conservative columnist Suzanne Fields adds to the wrongheaded criticism of Dr. Dobson that I wrote about here. (Once again, the complaint is the difference in motives.)Mike Adams: What taxpayer money is being spent on (porn films?).John Leo reflects on the late Peter Jennings, apparently a decent man and probably the best of the "big three" network anchors that ruled for so many years.The

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Dobson under fire: Dr. James Dobson has received plenty of criticism for his on-air remarks comparing embryonic stem cell research to Nazi practices, which I did as well. In a WSJ piece, David Gelernter makes a fool of himself by ripping Dobson (though he also rips Dobson's critics).Gelernter claims that Dobson "proved that he lacks sufficient control to be pitching in the major leagues of

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1) First, Jason Apuzzo lists several upcoming Hollywood films sympathetic to terrorism. This is predictable, but it took a few years after 9/11 for Hollywood to start with the more blatantly anti-American work. Apuzzo, a filmmaker, operates a conservative film blog called LIBERTAS.2) In the middle of a column arguing for the Judeo-Christian worldview over the "secular left" worldview, Dennis

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More on ESCR and the Frist betrayal:Michael Fumento writes about the scientific promise of ESCR: "If the technology has a fraction of the true potential its backers claim, the market will fund it." Apparently, it doesn't.The thinking of the Nazi crowd (look back at the bio-ethical practices of Nazi Germany - and, of course, the entire philosophy that Hitler espoused) seems to be as follows: If we

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Larry Elder writes today on blacks and the Democratic Party. It's a mismatch, to be sure. Elder writes: "The Democratic Party says to blacks, 'You're a victim. We're here to help.' " Naturally.This statement alone explains much of the troubles today within the black community. Blacks, like us all, need school vouchers, not a borderline-oppressive system of public education. They need the free

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More on ESCR and Bill Frist: As Cal Thomas writes, while the morality of ESCR is the overriding issue ("My administration is dedicated to the preservation of America as a free land and there is no cause more important for preserving that freedom than affirming the transcendent right to life of all human beings, the right without which no other rights have any meaning," Ronald Reagan once said),

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The pro-life community continues to be appalled over once-respected Sen. Bill Frist's new attempt to be both pro-life and pro-death at the same time. Incoherent? Utterly. How do we explain this kind of foolishness? (Not that it's uncommon, but from Frist?)The Dawn Treader writes that Frist's ESCR speech is demonstrative of the "fact/value split" taught by the great Francis Schaeffer and again by

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In one of his periodic updates on the future presidential prospects of Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty, national columnist Robert Novak writes: Conservative Republican interest in Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty as a dark horse 2008 presidential candidate, rising since his election in 2002, has dropped sharply because he accepted a tax increase as part of the state's budget. Pawlenty, who

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My respect for Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist just dropped significantly. In a speech on the Senate floor warmly embraced by liberals, Frist announced that, with numerous qualifications and invocations of ethics, he will support the bill to fund the destruction of human embryos for research purposes.It was a long speech, but he didn't get around to providing any rational justification for his

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The Truth About Hillary, Ed Klein's new book, is an entertaining summer read. I've read it myself, and enjoyed it - disturbing though it may be.Of course, most conservative pundits haven't exactly embraced it - because Klein isn't one of them. They don't know if it's just a bunch of propaganda or not. And the book has gotten a lot of negative publicity; some feel it may actually help Hillary in

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...uneducated, unaware, or uninformed. Or at least I think that's what explains a recent Howard Dean comment. It's one of his most remarkable remarks ever!"The president and his right-wing Supreme Court think it is 'okay' to have the government take your house if they feel like putting a hotel where your house is."Of course, it was the left wing of the Supreme Court that thought it was okay "to

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Cal Thomas on the deficit and government waste.Plus, Herman Cain on the economic situation and what needs to be done.And here's something from NRO back during the Schiavo battle. Professor Robert George talks about end-of-life decisions and specifically the Schiavo case.The key principle upon which everything turns: "What we must avoid, always and everywhere, is yielding to the temptation to

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Political expert Michael Barone writes of the Left's never-ending attempts to bring down the Bush administration - and how it just isn't working.Barone includes what is essentially a nice little wrap-up to the Rove/Wilson issue.Now the unsupported charges that "Bush lied" about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq have been rekindled via criticism of Karl Rove. A key witness for the Democrats and

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Brilliant satire on liberal response to the Supreme Court nomination:He or She Is The Wrong Man or Woman For The CourtCritical Urgent Community Action Bulletin from the Progressive Action Network For American Progress For Immediate ReleaseOf course, this differs very little from the actual immediate responses of liberal groups to the nomination.

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Our fight in Iraq has naturally spurred terrorist retaliation, such as the London attacks. Why is that a leftist talking point?And just a bit more on the Rove absurdity from David Limbaugh.

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The initial reaction from conservatives and evangelicals like myself to the Roberts nomination was very positive. Hugh Hewitt said it was a "home run."Two days after the selection, the consensus seems to be that the Roberts pick was a very clever political move from the Bush team - someone who will be confirmed relatively easily, yet who will satisfy the conservative base. Someone likable,

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It appears that President Bush has really come through. His nomination of John Roberts to the Supreme Court sparked immediate praise from conservatives, as Roberts is apparently a reliable originalist, and that's all that matters. I'm so relieved.But despite this judicial philosophy, Roberts is expected to be confirmed without too much resistance. Now that's a shrewd choice! Without sacrificing

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But why? Clarification is necessary."The bottom line is Karl Rove was discouraging a reporter from writing a false story based on a false premise." - Ken MehlmanMark Levin: "Valerie's no victim."Joel Mowbray: "...their entire political case rests on the quicksand known as Joe Wilson."Clifford D. May: Wilson exposed his wife?Andrew McCarthy: The media manufactured the "scandal."David Limbaugh: "

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I'm sorry I haven't blogged in a while. Due to complicated circumstances, I will not be blogging very frequently in the near future.But new site content is on the way, including politics, philosophy, and tons of resources. Hopefully this will be completed within a couple weeks.Meanwhile, 7 liberal Republicans have betrayed America. And the Republican-controlled House has just sanctioned genocide

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Psychotic college students have been filibustering to protest the possible abolishment of the judicial filibuster. Carleton College students are particularly annoying.President Bush boldly stated recently that leaving Eastern Europe to Communist oppression following WWII was not a good idea. In fact, he said that the killing and tyranny that subsequently occurred was actually "wrong." This has

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Here's a good piece about the value of human life. Similar to the Nazis, we are moving further and further away from the protection of ALL human life, no matter how vulnerable, weak, dependent, or burdensome.These days, we're less likely to take care of others and more likely to kill them. This all flows from a rejection of intrinsic human worth, a byproduct of the materialist worldview.

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What's with these Democrats? Republican leaders don't go this far.Seriously, when the DNC Chairman says he "hates" Republicans, you know they're not a very diplomatic bunch.Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid has been particularly annoying: He called Alan Greenspan a "hack," Clarence Thomas an "embarrassment," and now President Bush a "loser." What is he, a 6-year-old?----------Update:More from

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Euro-socialist failure: Troubles in France.Clifford D. May on the horrors of the United Nations. And why Kofi Annan must go.

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Here's an article about obsessed Walt Disney fans. It seems that because they have no awareness of their purpose in life, they're using Disney to artificially fill the void. Of course, that doesn't solve the problem. They're just fooling themselves.Consider this guy:"The bottom line is it makes me happy," said Reiger, 51, a postal worker and part-time magician in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, who has

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More evidence: John Kerry looks to be running for president again in '08. It looks like he'll have to face Hillary. Hillary will probably win that fight.In that second article, on Hillary, there's this remarkable quote from President Clinton after vetoing the ban on partial-birth abortion: "I wanted to sign it. But the president is the only place in this system of ours where there's one person

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Some commentary:Is the Democratic Party a party of whiny, small children?Hatred against Christians.Victor Davis Hanson: We shouldn't apologize because other nations hate us. We should be proud.

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This has got to be one of the funniest things I've seen in a while. Go there.

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Kerry Watch: With John Kerry maintaining some of his support base from the election and becoming more visible in the Senate, it seems to me that he's going to try to run again in '08 - though I don't think he'll get the nomination. This story is interesting.And here's a story about how upset he gets with people who are actually religious - that is, they don't just fake it.Ben Shapiro discusses

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Man, the upcoming Senate showdown on judicial filibusters is going to be exciting. The issue, of course, is crystal clear.Liberals depend on judicial legislation, not interpretation, to advance their left-wing agenda. Since this is unconstitutional, conservatives are very concerned about getting judges installed who will actually uphold the Constitution. The Democrats know that this would

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What has happened so far, foreign policy wise, in the Bush presidency? Two oppressive, terrorist-supporting regimes were overthrown. This not only alleviated a threat to America and the world, it returned political power to the peoples of Afghanistan and Iraq. Now, as demonstrated by Lebanon, Palestine, Egypt, and other places, democracy is making little inroads all across the Middle East.

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Liberal fun:Maureen Dowd: "...the new pope views the Roman Catholic Church as the one true religion. He once branded other faiths as deficient."No! John Kerry must be appalled.Howard Dean spoke to the ACLU in Minnesota:Between a speech he delivered without notes and a question-answer session, Dean regaled an appreciative audience for nearly 90 minutes without once raising his voice, as he did

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John Bolton seems like the perfect guy for the U.N., which is why it's disheartening to see him struggle to be confirmed. Mona Charen writes about his "common sense."And Sen. Rick Santorum writes about the necessity of getting rid of judicial filibusters. And on that note, Robert Novak points out Democratic hypocrisy on this issue.

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Here's a good analysis of the charges against Tom DeLay on NRO.Also, read this piece on "Reagan, Bush, and Taxes." Reagan and Bush both cut taxes. But Reagan was much better at cutting spending.Advantage, Reagan.

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Foreign policy...As Tom Friedman writes, America's military engagements overseas have prevented our enemies from striking us again at home. The terrorists know that victory for democracy in the heart of the Middle East would be a disaster for their cause, which is why as their prospects grow dimmer, they may be tempted to try a desperation, "Hail Mary" attack on the U.S., Friedman says.Speaking

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Lots of good stuff...First, there was this great speech relating to welfare at Grove City College, entitled "Government, Poverty and Self-Reliance: Wisdom From 19th Century Presidents."Jonah Goldberg: "After decades of war in Iraq, a cause for joy." Freedom and justice at last - and because of George W. Bush.Judicial tyranny:Conservatives simply want to regain a little democracy (that is, force

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The top 10 examples of government waste, from the Heritage Foundation. Did you hear about the recent attacks upon prominent conservatives speaking at college campuses? William Kristol got a pie in the face, Pat Buchanan got drenched with salad dressing, and Ann Coulter had the crowd going crazy. Here’s the story of liberal intolerance behind the Buchanan incident.

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From The New York Times, there are actually a couple op-ed pieces that are definitely worth reading. First, Tom Friedman writes about freedom finally coming to the Arab world.And a couple days ago, David Brooks wrote about the intellectual discussion within the conservative movement that has led to its rising power, and why liberals must have similar debates in order to succeed (more euphemizing

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I've always favored either a flat income tax rate or simply a national sales tax. Rep. John Linder's 23% national sales tax proposal sounds good to me. George Will seems to agree.

Edward J. Calvin Jr.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9465628.post-1112304329268445832005-03-31T15:25:00.000-06:002005-03-31T15:35:08.533-06:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } "This loss happened because our legal system did not protect the people who need protection most, and that will change. "The time will come for the men responsible for this to answer for their behavior, but not today. Today we

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In light of the Terri Schiavo situation, I'd like to make a distinction between two types of cases:1) When a person is kept alive through artificial means;and 2) When a person is not kept alive through artificial means.Removing artificial life support and allowing someone in some kind of permanent coma to die naturally can be perfectly acceptable, it seems to me. Doctors should follow the

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Despite opposition from the executive and legislative branches of government, Terri Schiavo is about to die. This is because the judicial branch apparently has the last say. Are judges now the absolute rulers of American society?A handful of individuals - one in particular - have decided that an innocent, brain-damaged woman should die. Hundreds protest, and Congress, the president, and the

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Terri Schiavo continues to starve. Get involved at Terrisfight.org, or follow the latest news at LifeNews.com, BlogsforTerri, or ProLifeBlogs.In my opinion, whether Terri would want to be fed or not doesn't matter. I don't believe in a "right to die," which certainly isn't in the Constitution. I think suicide is immoral.Regardless, all we have is her adulterous husband's word (which is

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