About that term. It’s really nice to see the right co-opting the far left’s inaccurate use of the term as a general pejorative for any sort of anti-liberal policy and adding a dash of clash of civilizations rhetoric. I can’t think of anything more useful.

Shane of Wrong Dog has moved over to Left in the West. At least his political writing, anyway. Jeez, the big dog of the Montana lefty blogosphere absorbs a small, unique blog and has him working for poor pay, no benefits, and no control over the direction of the blog. It’s Wal-mart-esqe, if you ask […]

Once again, my substantial thoughts are over here. The fact that this is rather exhausting is one of the reasons I’m not going to do this consistently. It’s also why we need more people. You could argue with Spreta about India and nukes or with Colby about Kyoto. And of course, you can argue with […]

My substantive post for the day is over at the debate forum. Colby has already replied, I see. The fun will continue tomorrow.

Incarnation two of Colby’s debate site idea is up. So go register, post, start a topic, etc. It looks like Colby and I will be debating affirmative action in the next couple days to try and kick things off.
Don’t think you have to become a regular contributor to start a debate. Find an issue you’re […]

It never ends. The MT GOP E-brief seems to be stuck on one tactic: guilt by association. You see, arguing for Burns’s reelection is just too boring. They need to spice things up a bit. For a while they were smearing Tester for associating with Kos and company. Very scary, indeed. Then of course there’s […]

It’s a bit weird that I don’t have to start back to college again tomorrow. At least it’s stopped feeling strange to have a real full-time job. It’s also encouraging that I didn’t really miss having a summer vacation. I was a little worried about that. It’s still nice not to have homework. And if […]

We do not have souls. Briefly,
1. There is no evidence for a soul.
2. The mind appears to depend on the brain (i.e. trauma leading to odd characteristics). Adding a soul to this (soul is expressed through the brain, so the brain being damaged inhibits the expression of the soul) is purely ad hoc.
3. No coherent […]

AgapePress is not happy about self-proclaimed “red letter Christians.”
And why would they be? Those red letters often lack the fire and brimstone, socially conservative message they promote. The author cites this passage to play gotcha with those damn liberal Christians:
“Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have […]

That’s my interpretation of Burns’s comments about his house painter. I don’t take them as racist as much as I see them as part of Burns’s back slappin’ good ol’ boy schtick. It strikes me as a redneck attitude, but not as racist. It’s embarrassing, coming from someone who’s supposed to represent my state.
Those are […]