Archive for January, 2006

Steyn On CSPAN

Tuesday, January 3rd, 2006

We caught Mark Steyn on C-SPAN over the break, giving a typically funny and perceptive speech. He’s recently moved to New Hampshire from Canada, and his observations about America are of the sort it generally takes an immigrant to see.

The video is available here for RealPlayer, but you’ll have to move slider over to […]

An ID Exchange

Monday, January 2nd, 2006

On my way out of town before the Christmas break, I exchanged several emails with friend of mine about the Pennsylvania court case on teaching intelligent design in public schools. He and I have previously debated which has a more corrosive effect on young children, exposure to explicit depictions of violence or explicit […]

Vast Majority Supports NSA Intercepts

Sunday, January 1st, 2006

We’re back in Memphis and back to internet access after a week of being unplugged.

On the few occasions I’ve paid attention to the news over the last week, the mainstream media seem to be filling the holiday void with more talk of the NSA intercept “scandal.” Folks are talking “impeachment” and “constitutional crisis.”

During the […]