If you ever take a drive through the heartland of America on Interstate 70 you will eventually come across the Effingham Cross, near Effingham, IL. This 200ft structure is located just a few hundred feet off the highway, surrounded by ten large plaques, each listing one of the Ten Commandments. A chapel is […]
Guantanamo Bay is in Cuba I believe, but by a wonderful legalist sleight of hand it is not Cuban national territory. While it is totally controlled by the US it is not US territory either. It is a kind of convenient ‘no mans land’ that the current administration has been using to hold various suspects […]
One of Stephen Colbert’s funnier interviews must be the one with Debra Dickerson, author of The End of Blackness. In typical Colbertian fashion, he skewers her belief that Barack Obama is not “black”. Seeing it reminded me again of how strange it has been to find myself living in Montgomery, Alabama, even though I […]
I would like to thank Grant for providing me with the material for this post.
Let’s say it is true, that abortion is not the greatest idea in the world, and that a majority of Americans want to reduce abortion to the greatest extent possible. After all, looking at the stats provided by the CDC […]
Recently Ann Coulter called John Edwards a faggot while addressing the Conservative Political Action Conference. Several prominent conservatives were in the audience, including Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney.
It’s Coulter, it’s offensive, and it’s not surprising.
It’s also not the point of my post today.
I mention the incident because it was brought to my attention […]
The cover story of a recent Time magazine concerns one new version of anti-abortion/right to life advocacy. It focuses on compassion rather than condemnation for pregnant women seeking abortions in the U.S. The process is to set up women’s health clinics that strongly promote a woman carrying her child to term. These centers often […]
Archimedes said, ‘Give me a lever and I will move the world.’
Better to say ‘Give me a perspective so I can see the world’. A perspective gives us a viewline, and everything is seen through that viewline. Those in the centre see differently from those on the periphery. In Australia, our geography places us on […]
Carol over at My View of It has “tagged” me. For those who aren’t familiar with tagging, it is a way to spread an idea or meme, hoping to garner attention for a particular cause or idea. In this case the cause is to Help Make the Web Safer for Children. […]
Life is all about balancing immediate needs against long-term goals. Often, this is segregated into talk of tactical (short-term) and strategic (long-term) activities. Note that these activities regularly conflict, as what is important immediately may have no relevance to, or be counterproductive to the long-term needs. However, your long-term strategy may never […]
Wouldn’t it be great if you could print your own money? You can, and it is perfectly legal.
Before you start running to the photocopier with your $20 bills, there are some legal caveats. You can’t simply copy U.S. currency, you have to create your own unique currency. You also cannot have a […]
