As a final act before I'm gone for the rest of the month, I edited and posted the video of my white belt level 1 & 2 tests on YouTube. The video is here. Also, several of you asked me about a FaceBook page; my new account is up, although Google apparently hasn't found it …
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Happy Independence Day
Just a few days after Iraq’s National Sovereignty Day, we have American Independence Day. I think it’s appropriate that the two holidays are so close together. Anyway, I want to wish everyone happy Independence Day–it looks like I’ll be out of town until almost the first of August. I do have a request for anyone …
Torture Addendum
I'll consolidate this later… http://www.commentarymagazine.com/viewarticle.cfm/the-gitmo-myth-and-the-tort ure-canard-15154
I Was Wrong About Torture
I have often said that the trouble with the "torture" debate has been that "torture" has never been adequately defined. I don't know anyone who actually endorses "torture" as a policy, but we disagree about what actually constitutes an act of torture. By the standards of many liberal politicians, bikini-waxing businesses should be closed down. …
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$2000.00 Rule
To assist in keeping my finances straight, I've implemented the $2000.00 rule: I check my bank accounts every payday; anything over $2000.00 in my checking account is moved to savings, and anything over $2000.00 in savings is moved to debt payment (or eventually, investment). If my total expenditures for the last 30 days are under …
On Atheism and Morality
Point: Atheists cannot be moral. Morality must be derived from a higher authority than the actor. Without a higher authority–God–from which to derive a code of morality, then each person must define a “moral code” for themselves. This reduces “morality” to essentially acting according to what is one’s own nature, anyway. If morality is simply …
Friday, 05 June 2009
Parental Authority? Freedom of Religion? Nonesense, You’re the Property of the State!
A Minnesota judge ruled that 13-year-old Daniel Hauser would be forced to undergo unwanted chemotherapy treatments which were contrary to his family’s religious practices. When his mother left the state rather than comply with the unconstitutional ruling, federal law enforcement was dispatched to bring them back–even though no crime had been committed. Young mister Hauser …
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