Regrettably I have been spending too much time here fighting the good fight both with and against many of you. Unfortunately I have midterms coming up and I regret that making/grading them will take up a good deal of my time in the next couple weeks. I will check in when I can and perhaps add something to the discussion, but alas, until approximately the end of february my full concentration must be on my job. I know that will make some of you very happy, and others won't care, but it's bee...

Well, with nearly all of the votes in and counted it appears as if Kerry will win by a commanding lead in five of the seven states. The only two exceptions being South Carolina, won by Edwards and Oklahoma which is running to close to call but with Retired General Wes Clark declaring himself the winner. Cheers

I thought everyone should have a look at this. Link

I've noted with growing concern the unfortunate tendency by some to gloss over or misunderstand the tax system and it's imposition, so in my own humble way I offer this: There's this whole complex economic theory which essentially states that the "minimum wage" and by this I mean the lowest possible wage allowed will always be insufficient to support a family. So, in a total free market economy no one cares about that and allows people to starve because after all, as Scrooge himself says i...

A citizen’s highest duty is to defend his freedoms. Those freedoms from something and freedoms to do things. He must be prepared to defend them against threats from without and within. When the time to pick up the sword comes, he must be ready and able to use it. But when that time comes, he has failed. He has failed to find another way, a way to avoid bloodshed and death. When the time comes to pick up the sword, he must hate it. For violence means that all other recourses have failed...