In his most recent rejoinder, Daniel Klein helpfully clarifies his position on liberal views of property rights. He argues that liberals do not believe that “government owns everything,” as he suggested at one point in his original essay, but merely that they think that we have all consented “to an implicit contract with the overlord [...]
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Knicks in Christmas spirit: Mike D’Antoni’s squad views game against Bulls as gift - New York Daily News
Saturday, December 25, 2010
New York Times Knicks in Christmas spirit: Mike D'Antoni's squad views game against Bulls as giftNew York Daily NewsAmar'e Stoudemire likes idea of wrapping things up early in Christmas matinee against Bulls. The Bulls will be in their familiar red road uniforms. The Knicks will be in their unfamiliar green home uniforms. As you might [...]
“Evolving” Views on Gay Marriage
Friday, December 24, 2010
One question I had in mind in the 2008 campaign was to wonder what upside, if any, there really was in Barack Obama saying he’s opposed to gay marriage. Would anyone for whom stopping gay marriage is a vote-deciding issue really think he could afford to be indifferent to the Obama/McCain choice on this score? [...]
“Evolving” Views on Gay Marriage
Friday, December 24, 2010
One question I had in mind in the 2008 campaign was to wonder what upside, if any, there really was in Barack Obama saying he’s opposed to gay marriage. Would anyone for whom stopping gay marriage is a vote-deciding issue really think he could afford to be indifferent to the Obama/McCain choice on this score? [...]
Three Cartoonists’ Views of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell Repeal
Monday, December 20, 2010
Cartoonists are starting to weigh in on the Senate’s repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell. Here are three examples: Nate Beeler, The Washington Examiner Mike Lester, The Rome News-Tribune Daryl Cagle, MSNBC.com The Moderate Voice
How Corker Views Civil Rights
Friday, December 17, 2010
A fascinating glimpse into the Republican psyche: I’m just hoping that saner minds will prevail and that these issues that have been brought forth that are absolutely partisan, political, issues, brought forth to basically accommodate activist groups around this country…. The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan
Both Co-Chairs At Judiciary Committee To Work For Malloy; Family Institute Views Changes As Early Christmas Present
Thursday, December 16, 2010
The legislature’s judiciary committee will undergo drastic changes next year as both longtime co-chairmen are taking jobs in the new Malloy administration. Rep. Michael P. Lawlor and State Sen. Andrew McDonald - the leaders in the thick of the battle on controversial issues like same-sex civil unions, gay marriage, and the death penalty - will both step [...]
Michael Moore Bails Out Julian Assange, Despite Total Ignorance of His Actual Views
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
To the sound of the nation's collective yawn, filmmaker Michael Moore announced Tuesday that he had given $ 20,000 to bail out Wikileaks proprietor Julian Assange from a British jail. Moore cited his admiration for Assange's quest for openness and transparency in government. But Assange has openly declared that his objective is precisely the opposite [...]
UK: Luton mosque says they threw out Stockholm jihad bomber for his “extremist” views
Monday, December 13, 2010
“I talked to him and went through his arguments and countered all of them theologically and he accepted it. I thought that was the end of it but he carried on. So one day, before the end of Ramadan, when the mosque was full I directly challenged all his misinterpretations of Islam.” Of course, Qadeer [...]
UK govt warns that British citizens in Muslim countries could be targeted in “backlash” attacks over “anti-Islamic” views in leaked documents
Monday, November 29, 2010
Now here is a genuine fear of a backlash. “Britain fears Islamic fury over WikiLeaks: Report,” from Economic Times, November 28: LONDON: The British government has warned that its citizens in Pakistan, Iraq, Iran and other parts of the Muslim world could be targeted in a violent backlash over “anti-Islamic” views expressed in diplomatic documents [...]
UK govt warns that British citizens in Muslim countries could be targeted in “backlash” attacks over “anti-Islamic” views in leaked documents
Monday, November 29, 2010
Now here is a genuine fear of a backlash. “Britain fears Islamic fury over WikiLeaks: Report,” from Economic Times, November 28: LONDON: The British government has warned that its citizens in Pakistan, Iraq, Iran and other parts of the Muslim world could be targeted in a violent backlash over “anti-Islamic” views expressed in diplomatic documents [...]
New book reveals how Obama views his subjects
Monday, November 29, 2010
“I love you America…” American Thinker Blog
New book reveals how Obama views his subjects
Monday, November 29, 2010
“I love you America…” American Thinker Blog
Two Views of the Budget Deficit
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Fareed Zakaria: “The fate of the U.S. is going to be decided over the next year. O.K., I know that’s overly dramatic, but here’s why I say it. The deficit-reduction commission co-chaired by Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson has put the long-term fiscal health of the country front and center on the national stage. If [...]
More Fun With Window Views
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Dish readers never cease to amaze; one just created a View From Your Window game that slowly zeroes in on your guess. The tech blog Switched picked up on it: As much as Google has shrunk our world for the better, we fear the all-seeing G might, in the same motion, strip it of the [...]
