10 Questions for 9/11 Truthers

You can’t reason someone out of something that he didn’t get into by using reason in the first place. That’s why it’s so difficult to refute conspiracy theories with logic. This is especially relevant given the way that conspiracies spread in the Internet age. It starts out with a cuckoo theory promoted by crazy people […]

 


My Fave Twenty 140 Character Thoughts For March

* We’d be a lot better off if most people in DC learned to love 3 little words, “Not our problem.” * If both sides are criticizing you, it may mean you’re doing twice as much wrong, not splitting the difference to be right * Just because there are bad guys on one side doesn’t […]

 




There’s a Simple Reason Why Our Society Still Values Female Sex Symbols More Than Female Leaders

Over at NationalJounal, Kathy Kiely is bemoaning the fact that our society still puts a higher premium on beautiful women than women leaders. Sex and Power: Our society still values female sex symbols more than female leaders. The pace of change is too slow. Like bookends on an era, the passing of two well-known American […]

 


This Week In Quotes: March 25 – March 31

‘Here’s the bottom line: Democrats are rooting for a government shutdown. We’re listening to the people who sent us here to cut spending so we can grow our economy.’ — John Boehner Reducing and eliminating needless spending and programs are appropriate, but a wholesale reduction in spending, without considering economic, cultural, and social impacts is […]

 


Q&A Thursday #105: Why Are You Conservatives So Against What Obama’s Doing In Libya?

Question: Why are you (and you fellow contributors) so afraid that the potential regime change in Libya will put a magnifying glass on how poorly executed the invasion of Iraq? How the Bush Administration wasted human, financial and political capital going it alone. Are you really anti-democracy? Pro Gaddafi? or worse yet just a Republican […]

 

Q&A Thursday #105: Why Are Groups Like The Elks, Rotarians, Freemasons, And Kiwanis Dying Out?

Question: What are your thoughts on civic fraternal organizations such as the Elks, Rotarians, Freemasons, Kiwanis, etc…? These organizations have long been an important source of charity and community, but go to any of their meetings today and you will notice a lot of old gray haired men and distinct shortage of young people. Are […]

 



Q&A Thursday #105: Moderators?

Question: Is there any chance that you would appoint some of your fellow contributors, or perhaps select posters, to monitor the threads and address flagged comments? Having the ‘flag’ option is kind of pointless unless someone actually removes the posts. — Good_Ol_Boy Answer: My designers put in a new copy of Disqus and although people […]

 

Q&A Thursday #105

Tomorrow will be Q&A Thursday #105 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 on just about anything: politics, ideology, history, blogging, RWN, movies, music, literature, or TV. […]

 


7 Topics We Can’t Have Adult Conversations About in America

In a world where politics has become all-consuming and there’s an interest group looking for an opportunity to exploit every issue, it has become almost impossible to have adult conversations about certain subjects. The moment you try to do so, legions of grievance mongers, ideologues and bottom feeders start belting out scripted responses that have […]

 



No, Bill Ayers Didn’t Admit That He Wrote, “Dreams From My Father.”

Barack Obama’s connections to reprehensible former terrorist Bill Ayers are well known. However, Jack Cashill, who wrote the excellent book “What’s The Matter With California?” goes a little further than most people. He’s theorized that Ayers was actually the ghost writer of Obama’s “Dreams From My Father.” Many people have poo-poo’d this theory, but Cashill thinks […]

 


Fighting Gaddafi To Help Al-Qaeda?

Who would have ever thought that less than 10 years after 9/11, an American President would be using our military to help Al-Qaeda fighters gain power in another nation. Yet, that’s exactly what’s going on in Libya today, In an interview with the Italian newspaper Il Sole 24 Ore, Mr al-Hasidi admitted that he had […]

 

Frank Lautenberg: “Republicans…Don’t Deserve The Freedoms That Are In The Constitution”

One of the Left’s favorite tricks is to completely sidestep arguments that are made by attacking motivations. It works like so, Republican: There’s a hole in the side of the boat! We’ve got to fix it before we sink! Democrat: Yes, I agree, but you’re just saying that because you’re racist! Republican: Ok, so what […]

 

So Are We Going To Bomb Syria Now?

It was not in America’s national interest to bomb Libya and the only justification we’ve heard for it is that there are civilians in danger. So, that begs an obvious question: Are we going to bomb Syria now? Violence erupted around Syria on Friday as troops opened fire on protesters in several cities and pro- […]

 


This Week In Quotes: March 18 – March 25

The United States does not have a king’s army. President Obama’s unilateral choice to use U.S. military force in Libya is an affront to our Constitution. — Rep. Roscoe Bartlett (R-Md.) When a woman got raped, blame her because she was wearing a skirt too short, she looked the wrong way or she wasn’t home […]

 



Are We Wasting Our Brightest Minds?

The most disturbing passage in “Physics of the Future” doesn’t concern the future; it’s about the present. In that passage, Mr. Kaku recounts a lunchtime conversation with physicist Freeman Dyson at Princeton. Mr. Dyson described growing up in the late days of the British Empire and seeing that most of his smartest classmates were not—as […]