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August, 2006

Answering Rumsfeld’s “Questions of Our Time”

Tuesday, August 29th, 2006

Our Fine Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld gave a bombastic address to the 88th Annual American Legion National Convention today. He praised the organization and made a stand for his own historic legacy declaring the importance of the times we’re living and comparing the choices we face now to those faced by Europe in the years […]

The TSA is A-OK

Monday, August 28th, 2006

I made sure to leave everything resembling a liquid at home before a recent and all to brief trip out of town. While packing I stuck to the strict rule of leaving behind anything with any potential to wiggle. With a one-day trip and little extra time on the itinerary, there wasn’t room for checking […]

The Questions

Tuesday, August 22nd, 2006

It’s been a while since I’ve had time to fire off a rant and the pace of things happening makes me feel like I can never quite rant about everything worthwhile and catch up with all the new rant-worthy topics appearing on a daily basis.
What follows is my attempt at the ubiquitous “ellipsis” column where […]

Trading off the success of others

Saturday, August 12th, 2006

Pakistani and British security officials made a series of arrests and foiled a major international terror plot last week. This is absolutely wonderful new which should be recognized and studied to see how these arrests can help us in the future. Maybe more sensible people overseas will do that, but unfortunately for us Americans, the […]

Dreams of robot dinosaurs, fossil making floods and simpler times

Wednesday, August 2nd, 2006

The Head-in-the-Sand Society (a proud and noble order dating back many a year) is having a tumultuous time of late. After yesterday’s Kansas School Board election it seems as if the organization will suffer a loss in their fight against evolution. Yet in rural Kentucky the Creation Museum and Family Discovery Center will soon open […]