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A Rare Bird, A Strange Duck, One Funky Blog
random thought of the moment:
There are not over a hundred people in the United States who hate the Catholic Church. There are millions, however, who hate what they wrongly believe to be the Catholic Church, which is, of course, quite a different thing.
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Change
Over at the New York Times, Sam Tanenhaus has written a helpful analysis of the two major parties' positions. Here is an excerpt, citing Michael Gerson:
"The issues that have provided conservatives with victories in the past — particularly welfare and crime — have been rendered irrelevant by success," Michael Gerson, the Bush speechwriter turned columnist, wrote […]
This is Why I Can’t Vote Republican
From the New York Times, on the future of Sarah Palin:
Brent Bozell, president of the Media Research Center, a conservative group, called it a "top order of business" to determine Ms. Palin’s future role. "Conservatives have been looking for leadership, and she has proven that she can electrify the grass roots like few people have […]
An Apparent Failure of Logic
About Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, Dianne Feinstein says:
"Each one of them represents a different constituency, and the constituencies are knocking heads at the present time. . . . There are women all over the country, and particularly in my state of California, who feel that she hasn't been treated fairly. . . . They want […]
One More Political Thing
And since I've been writing so much about politics the last couple days, I want to say one more thing that's on my mind.
Everywhere I look in the press, I see Democrat-friendly people complaining that the primary contest between Clinton and Obama is so divisive that Democrats will be unable to unite once one of […]
$600 Million Slot Revenue: Jackpot or Ripoff?
Pennsylvania's Democratic legislators are very proud of themselves for reducing property taxes by offsetting them with slot machine revenue.
"Pennsylvania’s budget secretary this week certified that the state’s slot machine facilities have now produced enough revenue to begin reducing property taxes – more than $600 million for homeowners statewide."
I do not understand why this is good […]
