On Liberals and Torture

The liberal population of the U. S., led by Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, continues to characterize the use of waterboarding as “torture.” To any sane person, this is ludicrous: waterboarding is a practice used to train our own military pilots to survive water landings. Further, the technique itself consists of nothing more untoward …

Star Trek and Wolverine: Origins

Let’s start with Star Trek. Honestly, I haven’t been a fan of the Star Trek franchise since I was in high school. The constant utopianism is grating, and since Scientology (in The Undiscovered Country) and Communism (in First Contact) were officially adopted into the Utopia of the Federation, well… I just threw up a little …

On Theism and Atheism

The theism vs. atheism debate continues to be a popular one on many internet fora that I visit. Still, I have encountered very few people who really understand the issue well enough to make a coherent argument for either side. Here is analysis of the debate itself: The Western world today is as theologically illiterate …

About the Tea Party

On April 15th, I attended the Tea Party at the Capitol Building of Jefferson City, MO. There had been some confusion regarding the event–apparently the larger event was on the 14th–but a sizable and robust crowd showed up anyway. I’ve got over an hour of video clips, both from actual speakers at the event, and …