Politics
New Democratic Party slogan
By Tom Quiner “Ask not what you can do for your country, but what your country can do for you.”
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By Tom Quiner Hillary says the rich have to pay more. The top 10% already pay 2/3 of our taxes. Bottom half only pays 3%. How much is enough?
Read MoreThe myth of scientific consensus on climate change
Two Democratic candidates said “climate change” is the biggest threat facing the world in tonight’s debate.
Bigger than ISIS?
Bigger than an Iran with a nuclear bomb?
Bigger than Putin’s expansion into the Ukraine and the mideast?
Bigger than a belligerent and nuclear North Korea?
Bigger than the systematic erosion of our First Amendment?
I could go on.
Is climate change the biggest threat facing the world? Not according to most scientists. I am re-running a QD blogpost from earlier this year which addresses the question:
Read MoreTaped conversations reveal Iraq had WDMs
The 1st Democratic debate is taking place as I write this.
Candidate Martin O’Malley repeated the slur that George W. Bush LIED about Iraqi weapons of mass destruction. This is certainly not true.
I am rerunning a QD blogpost that addresses this issue:
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Accommodations for employees is not uncommon
Writing in the Washington Post, Eugene Volokh identified many instances of employees receiving accommodations based on their religious beliefs. Here are a few…
Read MoreThe deconstruction of the American value system
Liberal icons with conservative ideals: Jimmy Carter on abortion
JIMMY CARTER: “I have never believed that Jesus would be in favor of abortion unless it was the result of rape or incest, or the mother’s life was in danger. That’s been the only conflict I’ve had in my career between political duties and Christian faith.”
Read MoreLiberal icons with conservative ideals: Franklin Roosevelt on public unions
FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT: “All Government employees should realize that the process of collective bargaining, as usually understood, cannot be transplanted into the public service. It has its distinct and insurmountable limitations when applied to public personnel management.”
Read MoreLiberal icons with conservative ideals: John Kennedy on the 2nd Amendment
JOHN F. KENNEDY: “Although it is extremely unlikely that the fears of governmental tyranny which gave rise to the Second Amendment will ever be a major danger to our nation, the Amendment still remains an important declaration of our basic civilian-military relationships, in which every citizen must be ready to participate in the defense…
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