Tuesday, February 15, 2005

Jonathan Rauch Enters the Blogosphere ...

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... well, sort of. The Brookings Institution's Jonathan Rauch -- who also writes for National Journal and The Atlantic Monthly -- has ...
Monday, February 14, 2005

Congressman Bartlett's Great Idea

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John McCaslin reports in " Inside the Beltway ," his Washington Times column, that Representative Roscoe Bartlett (R-Maryland) ...
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A Lesson in Timing, by Paul Theroux

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In this past Sunday's Washington Post Book World , published three days after playwright Arthur Miller's death but apparently printe...
Friday, February 11, 2005

Maybe It's the 24/7 Formalwear

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In his book, Anything But Straight: Unmasking the Scandals and Lies Behind the Ex-Gay Myth , Wayne R. Besen exposes the fraudulent nature of...
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Thursday, February 10, 2005

North Korea's Nukes

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Overheard: "If the North Koreans use their nuclear weapons on any target, anywhere, the United States should bomb them forward to the ...
Wednesday, February 09, 2005

I See London, I See France ... I See Silly Laws about Underpants

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Just as Charlottesville's Live Arts theatre company completed a run of Steve Martin's play, The Underpants , whose farcical plot is...
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Tuesday, February 08, 2005

Health Insurance Bill Passes Virginia Senate

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A bill that amends the Virginia code to permit private businesses to provide health insurance coverage to the domestic partners of employees...

John Edwards Concedes Election

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Virginia State Senator John Edwards (not the failed U.S. vice presidential candidate), a Roanoke Democrat, has effectively conceded his par...
Monday, February 07, 2005

Cutting Amtrak's Subsidy: It's About Time

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In a rare display of a politician being true to his word, President Bush today proposed a budget that cuts more than a hundred programs. Amo...
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Sunday, February 06, 2005

Survey on Blogging Ethics

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I received a random email tonight from Andy Koh, who describes himself as "an undergraduate from the School of Communications and Infor...

Over-the-Rainbow Adoption Policy

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Poor Adam Ebbin ! The Democrat from Virginia's 49th House of Delegates district revealed in a floor debate yesterday that he is cultural...
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Thursday, February 03, 2005

The Queen's Speech

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Like the Queen's Speech at the State Opening of Parliament, the President's State of the Union Address is usually little more than a...
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Wednesday, February 02, 2005

Citizens Should Remain Ignorant, Says Government

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The top headline in Wednesday's Washington Times reads: " Loophole threatens Virginia red-light program ." The article expla...
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Which Finger Is That?

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Syndicated radio talk-show host Neal Boortz is suggesting that, in a gesture of solidarity with the Iraqi people, Members of Congress shoul...
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Monday, January 31, 2005

Free-Market Wireless Beats Government Telecom Monopoly

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An amusing front-page story today in the Daily Progress (Charlottesville, Virginia) reports how University of Virginia officials lament th...
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Ayn Rand Centenary: February 2, 1905-2005

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This Wednesday marks the hundredth anniversary of the birth of philosopher/novelist Ayn Rand. Rand -- whose birth name was Alice Rosenbaum -...
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Sunday, January 30, 2005

Censorship? What Censorship?

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The Washington Times today has a front-page story about church leaders and conservatives who are fretting about how the media -- both print...
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Friday, January 28, 2005

A 'Dissenting' View on Gay/Lesbian 'Priorities'

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GayPatriotWest links to an article in The Cornell Daily Sun by graduate student Brian Holmes, " The Language of American Values ,...