Listening to Talk of the Nation address the issue of religion in schools today, I wondered what those who oppose religion in schools would say if a church were established that taught evolution. Would they then opposing the teaching of evolution in schools? If not, how would they justify the exception? By saying that the...
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Two-party politics has its virtue--it leads to greater stability because the parties don't need to create and maintain coalitions in order to get enough power to get things done. However, it also has its problems.

When two parties dominate politics, choices are limited: you can choose one party or the other, or you can be...
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Well, I guess it's time for all U.S. bloggers to announce who they are endorsing for president. My endoresement goes too...

...some else. I don't know who, just that it's neither Bush nor Kerry. If I had to pick between the two, if you wouldn't let me off the hook, if you really twisted my...
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...Jim Lehrer. The debate was interesting. It was good to get a more clear picture of who John Kerry is. But when all is said and done, the person who impressed me most was the moderator. As a fan of the News Hour, I expected as much going in.

As far as the candidates go,...
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Sometimes, participation in the AtomPub Working Group can be awfully tedious. The discussion of some topics just seems to go on and on and on and on... While feeling the pain the other day, and started making a list of ineffective discussion methods that lead to these protracted discussions. I've augmented it with other communication...
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If a politician speaks in the forest, and no one is there to hear him, is he still a liar?

I read an article today, 'Killer Culture': A call to the churches, that talked about the corporate influence of the media in our culture. It's ironic that a lot of the people who are so vocal in their condemnation of corporate influence in politics (which I'm not condoning--just making a point) have been totally snowed...
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I had another idea for a TV show, inspired by the fact that people who do dumb things (think Monica Lewinsky, for example) end up benefiting from the publicity the stupidity garners. "Milosevic in the Morning" would a morning talk show hosted by Slobodan Milosevic. He would discuss world news with other deposed tyrants, demonstrate...
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Joe Lieberman is talking on TV today about taxes, among other things. One comment he made, which always really bugs me was something about taking back the tax break that was given to the richest people. I suspect that we'll hear a lot of democrats slamming Bush for giving a tax break to the people...
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