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Was life better off under Saddam?
posted in Politics | Jun 25, 2008
Megan McArdle links approvingly to Timothy Burke’s argument that - all things considered - life in apartheid Zimbabwe (otherwise known as Rhodesia) was better for most people than life is now under Robert Mugabe. I actually don’t disagree with ...
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The popcorn isn’t the problem
posted in Politics | Jun 25, 2008
A commercial for the new movie “Mamma Mia” came on while I was watching television the other night. As it played, and the characters pranced across the screen to the tune of the title track, it hit me: there’s an epidemic in t...
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Once again, Amy Sullivan criticizes Democrats for supporting abortion
posted in Politics | Jun 25, 2008
Like I’ve said before, the most annoying thing about Amy Sullivan is her seemingly implicit assumption that the “abortion question” is settled, and that there is little chance of the United States regressing to a point where abortion is unavail...
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Less is more: First steps at the personal scale
posted in Politics | Jun 25, 2008
In my last post, I brought up energy independence in pursuit of a sustainable energy economy. I don’t care to dwell at this time on activity at the big scales- the national and regional levels- not only because this becomes ponderously abstract, bu...
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Polling Round-Up
posted in Politics | Jun 25, 2008
Here’s your semi-regular dose of general election polling: The latest Gallup tracking poll has Obama ahead of McCain 46/43, which is slightly outside of the +/- 2 margin of error. Rasmussen’s tracking poll also shows Obama leading McCain, thoug...
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99 Problems and privacy isn’t one
posted in Politics | Jun 24, 2008
According to a report released last year by Privacy International, privacy protections in the United States are roughly on par with those in Russia. And with the (Democrat-controlled) House having passed the abysmal FISA legislation, it looks our r...
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Don Imus redux
posted in Politics | Jun 24, 2008
For those of you not paying attention (which would include me until twenty minutes ago), Don “nappy-headed hoes” Imus has returned to the world of radio. And yet again, he’s embroiled in controversy over a -surprise, surprise - racist comment...
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Feed the Animals
posted in Politics | Jun 24, 2008
Gregg Gillis (otherwise known as Girl Talk) finally got around to releasing his third album, and - taking a page from Radiohead and Trent Reznor - is letting listeners set their own price (I paid five dollars). The album, Feed the Animals, is a ...
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Pharmacists serve us, not their inflated sense of moral superiority
posted in Politics | Jun 24, 2008
Will Saletan doesn’t seem to think it’s a problem when pharmacists “morally object” to providing contraceptives: The movement to stamp out birth control appears to have taken an ominous turn. Until now, women with contraceptive prescriptions ...
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James Dobson has jumped the shark
posted in Politics | Jun 24, 2008
Considering that James Dobson is incapable of understanding even the slightest bit of nuance, I’m not exactly surprised to hear him complain about Obama’s “fruitcake interpretation of the Constitution.” (h/t to Evil Bender)
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