Another new column at the Post: Such political shadowboxing does nothing for young girls the world over. And if this is the Republican response to international affairs projects that are already funded, we should expect dramatic cuts when Ros-Lehtinen’s committee considers bills appropriating new funds. Visit the Post’s website for the rest .
Tomorrow morning I leave to join my family at our ancestral manse in Kalamazoo. As you can read here, Kalamazoo is no sleepy Lake Wobegon. Now that my sister-in-law is there and writing about the experience, it currently has at least one talented photojournalist (though I suspect there are more). In fact, it is … Continue reading
New article in the Kalamazoo Gazette on Michael Steele’s re-election bid as RNC chair: This is a man who told Americans in February 2009 that: “You have absolutely no reason, none, to trust our word or our actions at this point.” Don’t trust the Republican Party—the party you’re leading? You got it, Mike. … If … Continue reading
Stan Rogers, “First Christmas” This song rips me up, even though I’ll be home this year. Posts will be intermittent for the next week and a half.
Dan Martin at the International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) asks why child brides the world over should have to “wait ’til next year”: Yes, the nation’s fiscal issues must be taken into account. But the analysis that the bill would add to the deficit is based on an erroneous reading of the legislation. … Continue reading
Just published a new piece at PostPartisan: In case you missed it, S. 987 (The International Protecting Girls by Preventing Child Marriage Act) failed to pass last night. Despiteunanimously passing the Senate, it only garnered a 241-166 majority in the House. Since House rules were in suspension, the bill needed a two-thirds majority to pass. … Continue reading
Wednesday night I went on Hugh Hewitt’s radio show for a fascinating interview. This was my first time on the show, and my second time on the radio in the last week (Roger Taylor of Kalamazoo’s WKZO-590 beat Hugh to it by a few days). Even though Hugh and I disagree about everything (even down … Continue reading
But “funny” as in “hard to figure out” or “pretty strange.” Even though these are from last year, they bear re-viewing (since Steele is running for reelection as RNC chair): Michael Steele: World’s Coolest Boss
“Deliberation is dramatic and active, not mathematical and impersonal; and hence it has the intuitive, the direct factor in it…”-Dewey, Theory of the Moral Life “Superficially, the deliberation which terminates in choice is concerned with weighing the values of particular ends. Below the surface, it is a process of discovering what sort of being a … Continue reading
I’ve promised before that I would eventually explain my dissertation topic (successfully defended on Dec. 3rd). Enough people have asked that I’m finally going to give it a go. Don’t blame me if you find yourself asleep on your keyboard, though… I came to college ready to save the United States (and the world) from … Continue reading
