Archive for the ‘Culture’ Category
Tuesday, August 17th, 2010
In a fascinating guide for college instructors, Beloit College makes a list of what incoming freshman consider "normal".
I've always been on the bleeding edge of technology but was still taken aback by a couple of these entries.
An entertaining and enlightening read for all parents and grandparents.
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Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010
Thanks to SSG for sending this along...
The ANT AND THE GRASSHOPPER
This one is a little different ...Two Different Versions ...
Two Different Morals
OLD VERSION
The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter.
The grasshopper thinks the ant is ...
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Tuesday, May 18th, 2010
The collectivists love to project upon their political and cultural opponents their own emotions and motivations. It happens daily. They call freedom minded people "selfish" yet give far less of their time and money to the needy than the target of their perjorative. They ascribe "hate" and "fear" towards thinking ...
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Sunday, May 16th, 2010
We all know nice people who are well meaning and patriotic. So how do you tell the difference between the ones who value freedom and individual liberty and responsibility from the ones who are placid sheople bleating for "solutions" by government?
Here are a few submitted by a reader:
If those who ...
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Friday, May 7th, 2010
It is a sad day when displaying patriotism towards the United States is considered "incendiary". This is not a left/right or libertarian/statist issue.
In San Diego public school children were sent home for refusing to conceal or remove clothing patriotic towards the United States of America.
A comment by one of the ...
Posted in Culture, Culture Wars, Immigration, News | 2 Comments »
Saturday, May 1st, 2010
Arizona has a new law allowing police to stop those suspected of being unlawful immigrants. While I might prefer Michigan to allow for secondary enforcement - checking the citizenship/legal immigrant status of those arrested for other crimes, for example - Arizona is on the ...
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Monday, April 12th, 2010
I agree with this author's basic premise. Racism will be an issue as long as government is in the race business. Any policy that applies based on race, is weighted based on race or is designed and implemented based on ANY racial criteria perpetuates racism and is itself racist.The media ...
Posted in Article Reviews, Culture, Internet Reviews, Law, Race | 3 Comments »
Thursday, April 1st, 2010
An excellent Townhall commentary gathered the adjectives describing how lovers of American Freedom are perceived by the statist collectivist elites. We are:Frothing Copper-faced Apoplectic Goons Vigilantes Unglued Homicidal (at least rhetorically) Apocalyptic (not to be confused with apoplectic – see above) Petulant ...
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Wednesday, March 24th, 2010
We often disparage the Democrat party. That is because it IS CONTROLLED by collectivist socialists. We would encourage traditional democrats to take back their party from the leftist loons.
Here is a great piece on a democrat active in the tea party movement. One would hope that she can, with other ...
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Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010
Reality in lala land is simple. Ignore objective reality. Ignore basic economics of supply and demand. Ignore the definitions of simple words like "insurance". Then crow about "this is what change looks like".
Human nature is such that people don't want to forgo or give up those things that they believe ...
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