Category Archives: Politics

Vote!

Tomorrow is election day in the US. Since it’s an odd year, there are no elections for Federal offices tomorrow, except perhaps for a few special elections scattered here and there. Nevertheless, if there is a state or local election in your community, and you are eligible to vote, and you don’t vote tomorrow, then… Read More »

“Guns should go”? No, lies should go!

I tend to oppose gun control, although I’m only a little bit “right of center” on the issue. When I was young and irresponsible, I was a rabid supporter of gun control, until I actually spent some time paying careful attention to the arguments being put forth by both sides of the debate. What I… Read More »

Ignorance and antisemitism at Portland State University

An opinion piece about Jerusalem in the October 18, 2005 edition of the Portland State University Vanguard was so riddled with factual errors and antisemitic statements that the editors of the newspaper removed the article from their Web site on October 27 and replaced it with this text: Editor’s note, Oct. 27, 2005: This article… Read More »

Why Bill Bennett is a Racist

“…you could abort every black baby in this country, and your crime rate would go down.” Thus spake former Secretary of Education William Bennett on his radio talk show, Bill Bennett’s Morning in America, on September 28, 2005. Much outrage has been expressed about his comment, but the mainstream media has done an abominable job… Read More »