Politics
The Prozac presidency
This is odd:
Under George H.W. Bush, there were 12 mass murders that took place in the U.S.
Under Bill Clinton, 23.
Under George W. Bush, 20.
Under Barack Obama, 162.
Under the most liberal, most anti-gun president in U.S. history, mass murder has exploded…
Read MoreIs it the guns, or is it the people?
The president once again insults our intelligence
“What we know is that — as human beings are placed under strain, then bad things happen. And, you know, if you look at world history, whenever people are desperate, when people start lacking food, when people — are not able to make a living or take care of their families — that’s when ideologies arise that are dangerous.”
Read MoreMother Teresa’s enlightened wisdom
Time to cool the fear-mongoring about global warming/climate change
Bjorn Lomborg of the Copenhagen Consensus says politicians are addressing climate change inefficiently. They are expending trillions of dollars of tax payers’ money to produce negligible results. He says there are smarter ways to proceed…
Read MoreAmerica needs fresh leadership
Democrats hold fewer elected offices than anytime in the past century. They have purged the party of moderates, reducing their appeal to less ideological independent voters.
While Republicans engage in serious intellectual battles (with the exception of faux Republican, Donald Trump) over serious issues, Democrats disagree on few issues. Deviation from leftist dogma is vigorously enforced by their Thought Police…
Read MoreMusings on the Planned Parenthood shootings
Murder is evil.
Period.
The lone gunman who killed three people in a shooting spree in Colorado Springs over the weekend committed evil.
Each human life is precious. As a member of the pro life movement that opposes human abortion in the public square, I join my fellow pro lifers in condemning this sick act.
And sick it was. The alleged killer, Robert Dear, certainly doesn’t look like the picture of mental health in the mugshot released to the media…
Read MoreThat’ll scare ’em
Times change
Common ground on the Syrian refugee situation
“The refugee dilemma.”
This is the headline I used in a post a few days ago along with this political cartoon.
It generated some pushback. Here’s one nuanced response:
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