Archive for the 'Politics' Category

Candidate Scorecard: Islam

Thursday, February 7th, 2008

Super Tuesday has come and gone, and (drumroll please)… nothing really changed. Oh. Well, today Mitt Romney dropped out of the race, so that will save a little time, and as much as it hurts me to do so, I’m letting go of Ron Paul, as well. Realistically speaking, his candidacy is […]

Candidate Scorecard: Gay Rights

Friday, February 1st, 2008

…and then there were 6. My job got a bit easier after Florida as John Edwards and Rudy Giuliani both dropped out of the race, so their positions no longer need to be considered in this series. I suppose I could probably eliminate Mike Huckabee and Ron Paul, also, as neither of them […]

Candidate Scorecard: Stem Cell Research

Saturday, January 26th, 2008

Welcome to the second installment of Candidate Scorecard in which I will examine the eight major candidates’ positions on stem cell research, an issue that has become very important to me as of late.
Clinton: Hillary Clinton has pledged to lift the ban on stem cell research when she takes office and has criticized President Bush […]

Candidate Scorecard: Abortion

Friday, January 25th, 2008

I have recently been too busy to post. Watching all four daily presidential debates takes up a lot of my time. One thing you can certainly say is that it’s been an exciting political season. There isn’t really anyone I’m excited about voting for, but It’s still fun to watch.
So, now that […]

Tyranny of the Majority

Friday, September 21st, 2007

“Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more than half the time.”
-E. B. White
A new poll from the First Amendment Center reveals that I may have misunderestimated the American people. They are far more ignorant than I had believed, and most of them see no need to […]