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Associate Supreme Court Justice David Souter is reportedly set to retire at the end of this term according to NPR’s Nina Totenberg. This makes perfect sense. So long as the Justices leaving during Obama’s tenure are Souter, Ginsberg, Stevens, or Breyer then we’re OK. If Kennedy leaves we’re screwed for sure. If Thomas, Scalia [...] Share on Facebook Dr. Walter Williams has a good piece on the economics of central planning; why socialized medicine will be worse than non-socialized medicine. It’s a cogent, well-written piece although I take issue with one aspect. To understand my concern you have to read the article first, so read it, and then I’ll meet you at [...] I’m currently a sports writer, which means I spend copious amounts of time watching ESPN and its innumerable sister networks. Today, for my viewing pleasure, the WorldWideLeader’s narrative (I really hesitate to say story) is Alex Rodriguez and a salacious new book by former New York Times columnist and current Sports Illustrated writer Selena Roberts. [...] So I saw Alfred Hitchcock’s “The Birds” for the first time yesterday. What the hell was that about?! Share on Facebook Kelly McGillis — of Top Gun fame — has finally made it official — she’s Perez Hilton gay. It wasn’t hard to tell — especially from this still from the sequel Witness 2 coming out in 2010. Share on Facebook Father Ron made a comment about the state eventually interfering with what Priests say and do from the pulpit. Our more loyal readers may remember a spirited debate on this subject vis a vis marriage brought on by this post; http://www.threedonia.com/archives/998 I predict that if we allow marriage to be defined by state governments [...] The above sisters (ages 70 and 65) were arrested yesterday for selling heroin . Now where could they be from? Oh yes. Pennsylvania. Share on Facebook After seeing a request for more Top 5 lists in a previous post, here’s one that tugs at the ol’ JohnFNWayne heartstrings. Top Western movie characters and the men/women who played them and my personal favorites (yes, I know this could have went 10, or 20, or 50 or even 100). Hopefully Big Hollywood/Dirty Harry [...] Two of my personal favorites. Chris Duarte, veteran blues guitarist and damn nice guy, along with southwest Ohio’s own Scotty Bratcher, tearing it up in Columbus some summers ago. Bratcher regularly performs a wicked variation of Duarte’s “My Way Down” during performances. Bratcher has become a regional sensation, regularly opening up for national acts [...] Share on Facebook The Liberty Manifesto by P.J. O’Rourke P.J. O’Rourke is the Cato Institute’s Mencken research fellow. Remarks delivered at a gala dinner celebrating the opening of the Cato Institute’s new headquarters in Washington. P.J. O’Rourke is the Cato Institute’s Mencken research fellow.Remarks delivered at a gala dinner celebrating the opening of the Cato Institute’s new [...] great idea, Wankette! America wasn’t founded so that we could all be better. America was founded so we could all be anything we damned well pleased. – P.J. O’Rourke Share on Facebook (warning: language) Just because The Apology Tour got me in the mood to use this, only I was on the road at the time… I was having dinner…in London…when eventually he got, as the Europeans always do, to the part about “Your country’s never been invaded.” And so I said, “Let me tell you who [...] This website, http://www.illinoisloop.org/salary.html has some great statistics on public school salaries and pensions in the state of Illinois. This will give you some perspective on how out of control administration costs are, and how much they eat into the budget available to educate students and provide resources. And Illinois is no different from most [...] This article in the New York Times claims 760 teachers out of a New York city work force of 80,000 are being paid full salaries NOT to teach. That equates to about 1% of the annual budget. October 10, 2007 ON EDUCATION Where Teachers Sit, Awaiting Their Fates
Those of you who are American and have spent any amount of time in a European country are aware that Europeans get a lot of joy from telling Americans how awful our country is. The French find themselves particularly superior. To the French we in the U.S. are immature rubes and they never miss [...] |
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