This is jsut rediculous. Something similar is happened in California last year as well. Basically some school districts have been putting stamps on books that warn that evolution is theory not fact when it comes to the origins of life. This is absolutely 100% true. Evolution only makes sense when you consider species in the context of other ( Read more... )

Interesting, there is some shitty, all black sitcom on, and someone has complained about them doing stuff "in front of all those white people" at least a half dozen times. Why is it racist for whites to talk about racial seperation/support/identity but funny for blacks to do it?

There is a fascinating article here talking aboutdemocratic re-alignment. On the whole urban re-alignment would be a lot easier for the Democrats to swallow, though it might not be enough of a shift. After all, the Democrats already win the cities solidly, and it isn't enough.However, embracing thishighly federal model and going after some long ( Read more... )

This bit of election cartography presents an interesting picture. First, the country is, despite the "divided electorate" the puditocracy goes on about, overwhelmingly purple. Second, the red states are not seas of mindless republicanism, but up for grabs by reasonable candidates. Third, the only area not up for grabs wasn't the south (which ( Read more... )

Well, Bush has, despite being the worst president since carter, managed to win, popularly, an impressive victory. I'm not really happy about it. I'm happy that Kerry lost, I just wish Bush could have lost as well. The Libertarians got as many votes as Nader, but are still being ignored, I wonder why. More importantly, I think this election ( Read more... )

Well its crunch time, and with armies of lawyers deploying on both sides, its highly likely that, if someone doesn't win by a lot, the loser will drag democracy down with him. Institutionally, this is hte most important election this country has had since 1800, the first time an incumbent lost. Then, as now, people feared that the loser wouldn't ( Read more... )

Someone did it, they won the X-prize!!!! Let the new age of space exploration and tourism begin ( Read more... )

So i've been thinking a lot about Iran lately, and how its exceedingly likely that they'll develop nuclear weapons during the next for years, and how either candidate would respond. If it does happen, people will call for everything from an immediate invasion to live and let live, but I think, at the core of it, a nuclear Iran cannot be tolerated ( Read more... )

One, I've finally found a situation which might call for a draft, if Iran detonates a nuke. Iran has been emboldended by the US army being bogged down in Iraq. Without nukes, it stands as the most dangerous country in the world. With nukes, its an intolerable and immenant threat ( Read more... )

Yay! The unconstituitional assault weapon's ban is gone! I noticed something today reading the editorials. Virtually everyone celebrating the ban talked about how the ban didn't affect crime, how it was poorly worded, and how it used the term "assault weapon" to scare people. The weapons banned were no more dangerous than any hunting rifle. ( Read more... )