I can’t say I didn’t see this coming.  After the town of New London, CT summarily decided that it knew how to use land better than the current owners, and the resulting court case going all the way to the supreme court, where 5 justices caused our Founding Fathers to roll over in their graves [...]

Fourty-five years ago today, Ronald Reagan gave his magnificient speech “A Time for Choosing”, as part of a pre-recorded TV program. It was also then used as Goldwater’s nomination speech.
It was an awesome speech.  It’s even better when you make a few changes:

Remove the Goldwater references
Change references of “millions of dollars” to “billions of [...]

I’ve noticed, in reading many political posts on blogs over the years, that there is much confusion on the meaning of rights.  To set the table, I’ll define a right as something that can be assumed naturally.  As the Declaration of Independence says:
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, [...]

Oh hell, call it climate change, AGW or whatever you want.  Ryan Young at globalwarming.org produced this bit:
This new religion is a piece of work. It comes complete with a deity (Gaia), clergy (activists), indulgences (carbon credits), and now, dietary restrictions.
Heh.  Too true.  Standard caveats apply (doesn’t apply to all activists, etc). On the [...]