The Political Inquirer

To take a subject from a discussion I was reading, I want to bring up the Pledge of Allegiance:
“I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.“
The pledge I recited my whole life [...]

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The List Universe has a new list: the top ten myths about the Romans. We sometimes mention the Romans in our discussions on history at the Inquirer, so I thought this might be appropriate and interesting to some:
(Click here for the full list)
7. ) Romans Spoke Latin
While it is true that the Romans did speak [...]

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The New York Times is finally getting something dead on accurate: to save a species, serve it for dinner. It only makes sense when you think about it. Why is overfishing a problem? Because no one owns the fish–it is simply a “first come first serve” problem of the “commons”. Everyone wants as much as [...]

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After the descriptions of ‘the real struggles of the Average American’ and the not-so-average American, it’s time to end the trilogy by bringing into consideration on ‘non-American averages’ 
Here are three real stories of pretty average non-Americans, though unusual in that they start out somewhat below-average and move to somewhat above average.  Through them, hopefully one will learn [...]

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A reader (Norm) posed the question to us at the Political Inquirer, “What if Obama gets elected? What will the impact of the country be?” It will be hard to say for certain, none of us on the staff are prophets (though some might claim to be).
I think the first thing that we will see [...]

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This will more than likely be my last posting about Reverend Jeremiah Wright, not because there is nothing more to say but because the interest will not be there. I continue to write about it today because the readers of this blog are still interested in reading about him and commenting on him. But soon, [...]

Filed under: Barack Obama, Blogs, Commentary, Culture, Democrats, Election 2008, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Politics | Tagged: Reverend Jeremiah Wright, Trinity United Church | 8 Comments »

The clearcut obvious solution to the evolution vs. intelligent design debate is let people form their own schools with their own curriculum! If people were allowed to choose the kind of education they wanted their kid to have then we wouldn’t have to worry about this silly debate.
But, some may object, and say, “But if [...]

Filed under: Commentary, Culture, Politics, Religion, Science | 6 Comments »

Murray Rothbard’s essay “On Resisting Evil” is one of the most inspirational pieces I have ever read. I’m reposting it here for everyone to read:
How can anyone, finding himself surrounded by a rising tide of evil, [...]

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I cannot speak for what happened to the Olympic torch relays in places like England, France, and Greece. But I can wonder out loud why anyone would choose San Francisco as the North American representative for such an event. Especially since I am a resident.
I am first befuddled by the choice of Beijing. The day [...]

Filed under: Asia, China, Commentary, Culture, Geopolitics | Tagged: Beijing, Olympics, San Francisco | 2 Comments »

This phrase was used in a comment here and got me thinking about what a tall pile of male bovine excrement it represents.  We’ll start with the most odiferous part associated with the ‘Average American’ (as opposed to the ‘non-average American’ and the ‘average human’).  I start with my conversation with the ‘average American’.
I meet the [...]

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I’m sharing a live performance video of a song I heard on Naomi Wolf’s MySpace.  Nearly 7 million people have experienced this posting at YouTube . . .
 

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After reading John Slefinger’s thoughts on expanding on philosophical-political problems like capital punishment, I got to thinking about voting rights for felons. In one respect it seems obvious to keep felons from ever voting again. If you allow felons to vote, they might try to change the law to benefit people who committed serious crimes, [...]

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