Year: 2005

Allowing Terri Schiavo to be starved when there are serious, unanswered questions about whether she’s in a persistent vegetative state or not is a monstrous, unhuman act directly comparable to the euthanasia in the “Baby Knauer” case in Nazi Germany. Furthermore, I realize I’m violating Godwin’s law here, but after watching the reaction to this […]

TODAY/CNN/Gallup Poll has engaged in a bit of polling chicanery to try to make it appear as if Bush’s poll numbers have dropped because of his handling of the Terri Schiavo tragedy. Here are the numbers: “President Bush’s approval rating has fallen to 45%, the lowest point of his presidency, according to a new USA […]

Question: “What is your take on the following article in the WSJ Online? Will the FEC make bloggers kiss the First Amendment goodbye?“ — More_Than_Right Answer: Although nothing good will come out of having the FEC regulating blogs, for the moment at least, it looks as if the danger is minimal. The biggest advantage that […]

Question: “You’re very keen on the idea of a flat tax. Would you support such a tax if it was implemented with the understanding that there was a minimum income cutoff, or floor, and that no one making below a certain amount of money would have to pay this flat rate? Do you think we […]

Question: (Via Email) “I am a very conservative student at Penn State University. I’ve completely lost hope in the Republican Party as of late and am trying to steer the right-wing ‘Young Americans for Freedom’ club here on campus to take a more activist stance on many campus and national political issues. The only problem […]

Today is Q&A Friday #13 at RWN. So, if there’s a subject you’ve been wanting me to tackle or an issue you want to hear my opinion on, just ask your question in the comments section. Your question can be about politics, ideology, history, blogging, RWN, from a liberal, conservative, or libertarian perspective; heck, it […]

Question: “Why do the democrats keep looking at Social Security as if it exists in a vacuum? They claim it will remain solvent until 20XX and are totally ignoring other factors, such as ERISA, the shrinking pool of SS contributors vs. drawers, and the fact that the US economy may devalue as other world economies […]

Question: “I know you want to stay away form the Schiavo case, but I’d like a more central and generalizable issue addressed: If someone really is in a PVS, and their wish not to continue on as such was explicit and not a matter of debate, should that person be allowed to die?” — brs04wsc […]

Question: “What is your take on the whole baseball and steroids issue?” — karensp9 “What’s your take about the congressional steroid hearing regarding baseball?” — ndistops “Barry Bonds a “Homerun King” or…Baseball Superstar Steroid User.” — Redfish Answer: I thought the congressional hearings were ridiculous. It was just an opportunity for a bunch of grandstanding […]

Question: Along with border security/immigration, I think economic issues are the hot potato that Bush won’t touch. If his position can be framed as liberal, he’ll talk about and even take real and good action – eg social security, but he must pretend to be a fiscal liberal (“we must save social security!”) My question: […]

This is funny stuff: “A Bronx teacher who repeatedly flunked his state certification exam paid a formerly homeless man with a developmental disorder $2 to take the test for him, authorities said yesterday. The illegal stand-in – who looks nothing like teacher Wayne Brightly – not only passed the high-stakes test, he scored so much […]

Over the last few days we’ve seen a flurry of articles designed to assuage the guilt of the people who favor starving Terri Schiavo to death. Here’s an excerpt from a typical article in Newsday: “In the evolving saga of Terri Schiavo, the prospect of her suffering a slow and painful death from starvation has […]

“Are you sick and tired of those dry, old, Bible stories that don’t seem to relate to life in today’s America? Well, RWN is coming to your rescue by rewriting the Bible to reflect modern mores. Enjoy!” Two women came before wise king Solomon with a baby, each claiming the child as their own. Solomon […]

President Bush, on the volunteer Minuteman Project, which is spotting illegal aliens entering the US: I’m against vigilantes in the United States of America. I’m for enforcing law in a rational way. That’s why you got a Border Patrol, and they ought to be in charge of enforcing the border. This from a president whose […]

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Africa has been a troubled region for some time. Unstable politics, genocide, aids outbreaks, mass starvation – we do what we can to help, we send money to Sally Struthers, but do we really think Africa is going to get better and be a fully functional continent again? Sure, we can keep things patched together, […]

My RSS feed (which is located here) is all fouled up. All the posts have the weekly archive address on them instead of the address for each individual entry. Any of you Movable Type techies have any idea of what’s wrong? If so, how ’bout emailing or posting in the comment section to let me […]

It’s A State’s Rights Issue: This is a particularly unpersuasive point. Since when do unelected judges represent the wishes of a state? Particularly when they’re running roughshod over the desires of an elected state legislature… It’s Big Government At Its Worst: Nonsense! I find it amazing that the same people who support the government using […]

From The Corner, comments by William Cheshire, a neurologist: “There is a remarkable moment in the videotape of the September 3, 2002 examination by Dr. Hannesfahr that seemed to go unnoticed at the time. At 2:44 p.m., Dr. Hammesfahr had just turned Terri onto her right side to examine her back with a painful sharp […]

You know, in the political game, we too seldom take the time to appreciate the efforts of our adversaries on particular issues. So, with the clock running out for Terri Schiavo, I feel compelled to take a moment to congratulate the people who’ve fought so long and so hard to help Michael “When is that […]

Larry Elder is a superb columnist who has a knack for coming up with pertinent & fascinating statistics. Here are the best quotes over the last year from Larry Elder’s columns at Townhall… (Cont)

I hate to keep euthanizing a dead horse, but there’s one last issue concerning the Terri Schiavo case that I’d like to address before I yank the feeding tube on this whole subject. Terri Schiavo was fortunate that her loving husband suddenly remembered a conversation they had years ago, in which she said, “If I […]

Sure, it’s just one battle, and there have been many in which hundreds of civilians have perished. But how sweet is it that the good guys won one for a change?: Ordinary Iraqis rarely strike back at the insurgents who terrorize their country. But just before noon today, a carpenter named Dhia saw a troop […]

Normally, I’m a big defender of the police because they risk their lives night in and night out only to be trashed for it by pols & race hustling poverty pimps who are looking to demagogue the cops for fun, profit, and/or votes. However, there’s no way I can stand behind police departments as they […]

Since we have no reliable way of knowing whether Terri Schiavo would have wanted to live in her current condition and since there is at least one highly qualified expert who has examined her and believes that she could improve if given rehabilitation, it would be monstrously cruel & unethical to deliberately allow her to […]

Have you noticed the elephant in the living room that the liberals keep trying to ignore even as they lose election after election? It’s the huge “idea gap” between conservatives and liberals. While conservatives are open about what we think and our reasoning, liberals often try to obscure what they believe in or worse yet, […]

March 15, 2005 GOSSIP REPORTER AWAITS MOMENT OF TRUTH: SHE LOVES ME … SHE LOVES ME NOT…March 14, 2005 ONLINE GOSSIP COLUMNIST WAKES UP!!! SMELLS COFFEE!!!March 10, 2005 MILK GOES SOUR!!! REPORTER FORGETS TO PUT IT IN FRIDGE!!!March 5, 2005 GHOSTS!!! SPOOKS!!! OTHER CREEPY THINGS!!! ONLINE REPORTER HAS NIGHTMARE!!!March 1, 2005 S**T!!! IDIOT REPORTER LEAVES […]

Across the blogosphere, many people have expressed dismay that Capitol Hill has chosen to get involved in the Terri Schiavo case for political reasons. Well, of course they did — they’re politicians! Everything from where they go on vacation to what dinner parties they go to is influenced by political considerations. So, it’s no surprise […]

Rachel Lucas unloads on the Terri Schviao case as only she can: “Let’s see. I have a dog named Sunny, as many of you know. I signed a contract at the pound taking responsibility for her and I clearly am her legal “next of kin.” Now, it’s very likely that some day, Sunny will have […]

After being savaged by frothing at the mouth feminist Susan Estrich, Michael Kinsley was apparently intimidated enough to make this blockheaded statement: “But (Maureen) Dowd is different, and she is the most influential columnist of our time.” Maureen Dowd? She’s not even the most influential writer at the NEW YORK TIMES. Like them or not, […]