Categories
Politics

RINO Sightings

Egads, I almost forgot to mention it, but the latest RINO Sightings was posted. Oh, well, better late than never.

Categories
Politics

Does the war in Gaza and Lebanon fit the criteria for a “just war”?

Fellow traveler in the fight against Holocaust denial Andrew Mathis asks whether Israel has adequate justification for its recent attacks in Lebanon and Gaza based on “just war theory.” Basically, he finds that Israel meets many of the criteria, but fails in proportionality of response and using force as a last resort. However, he finds […]

Categories
Medicine Politics Science

Overcoming difficulties reporting science

Many of the bloggers here at ScienceBlogs lament about the woeful state of science knowledge among the U.S. public. This ignorance about the basics of science and the scientific method has been blamed on many things, whether it be the poor quality of science education in the public schools, an all-too-prevalent view of science as […]

Categories
History Hitler Zombie Politics World War II

It returns: The horror invades Michigan

Sitting in a corner office, Adolph Mongo perused daily reports. It was early evening and nearly everyone in the office had gone home, leaving only a few die-hards left to finish up. A crack political operative who runs a political and media consulting firm active in Michigan and Detroit politics, Mongo never hesitated to play […]

Categories
Politics

JFK: Pandering to the Hispanic vote?

Well here’s an interesting tidbit. Check out this campaign ad for John F. Kennedy from 1960: It kind of puts the whole English-only issue into new perspective, doesn’t it? Here’s a video of Jackie Kennedy, “pandering” to the Hispanic vote” for her husband 46 years ago! Did the Kennedy campaign’s outreach to Hispanic voters cause […]