I’ve mentioned previously that I don’t feel that intelligent design belongs in the science classroom. And I applauded the Pennsylvania town that threw out their creationist school board members in the last election.
So it is exciting to learn today that, “U.S. District Judge John Jones ruled that teaching ‘intelligent design’ would violate the Constitutional separation [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Politics’
Just the Facts, Ma’am
On Liberals
“Liberals got women the right to vote. Liberals got African Americans the right to vote. Liberals created Social Security and lifted millions of elderly people out of poverty. Liberals ended segregation. Liberals passed the Civil Rights Act, the Voting Rights Act. Liberals created Medicare. Liberals passed the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act. What [...]
I remember
Today is Rememberance Day in Canada, what is referred to as Veterans Day in the United States.
I have never been able to explain my fascination with the events of World War I and II, or any other historical war, nor my affinity for Rememberance Day until now that I live in the United States. [...]
Katrina’s stories
I’ve spent more time watching TV coverage about the Hurricane Katrina disaster on CNN, MSNBC and CBS, than reading about it on blogs and citizen journalism sites on the Internet. This has happened for two reasons. One, although I am a voracious reader, when it comes to coverage of a major event, I find I [...]
National Disgrace
The Times-Picayune open letter to the President sums it up neatly. I won’t try to write it better than those who are living it and more in the know than me. I will just emphasize that Katrina exposed to the world some very ugly facets of this supposedly-great country.
Homeland Security
At risk of being red-flagged and branded a traitor, I pass along this story from today’s Toronto Star.
This is why I hate dealing with U.S. customs. And I’m American!
