I just read a bone-chilling article by Naomi Wolf (which I found linked on Political Irony) called Fascist America, in 10 easy steps. And she’s spot on. …
The Archives: Politics
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From the American News Project comes a rather interesting video. Here’s the caption:
On June 26, 2008, John Yoo and David Addington, two leading architects of the Bush administration’s …
Advance disclaimer: read this post with a grain of salt.
So, there was an interesting bit in the newspaper this morning. (The following quote comes from the AP, whereas …
This’ll be quick. Tonight I went to the Classical 89 silent movie night in the de Jong concert hall, where they showed Buster Keaton’s film The General, complete with …
5. Yes, we can?
From Torben, an interesting blog post on why Mormons should consider backing Obama, now that Romney’s out of the race.
May I suggest that, in my opinion, the best …
I’m not too big on politics (as you may have noticed from the dearth of posts on the matter :)), but with the presidential primaries coming up on Tuesday, I …
1. Tonight I tried out speed dating for the first time. (It was a ward activity.) Holy smokes, I loved it! I love getting to know people …
Stumbled across a quote by John Adams that really struck me hard:
“I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy. My …
And now for something different.
Plato: So, Ben, I hear you just finished your last final.
Ben: It’s true. Very true.
Plato: How do you feel?
Ben: Like…like I’ve just come out of …
10. A tragic trend
This American fad of school shootings, with yesterday’s Virginia Tech tragedy, seems to be taking off. What went wrong? Not until the last decade have we really …
Two hundred years ago we shook off the shackles of oppression, buying our freedom with the blood of our people. Patriotism and passion made that happen. If the …
Last night Connor posted an excerpt from Lee Iacocca’s new book Where Have All the Leaders Gone?. I really liked it, and it to made me “jump for …
