Well… I was trolling around the internet when I came to the conclusion that the supposedly liberal media was routinely, seemingly willfully, giving John McCain a pass on his flip flops while eagerly attacking Barack Obama for his (even though a lot of them aren’t actually flip flops). So, given their tacit support [...]
Does Military Service Qualify One to be President?
Wesley Clark’s comments have gotten a lot of media attention recently. For those of you who haven’t heard, Clark said that despite his service, McCain hasn’t had any executive experience. He went on to note that getting “shot down in a plane” is not a qualification for office. As could be expected, [...]
Splintering of the Base?
Reuters has an interesting piece up about young, white evangelicals–not my favorite group, but I read on. Apparently, these voters are less two-dimensional than their elders, looking beyond the issues of Abortion and Gay Marriage and looking towards issues like the War in Iraq, Global Warming and Environmental Issues, and Social Justice. These [...]
The Need for Objectivity
Well, I am sitting here in the Quito Airport, waiting to board my flight, so I thought that I would write a response to some of the comments that were made on my previous post on my experiences in Ecuador. For all of you TLDR (too long, didn’t read) people, a brief synopsis…
I wrote [...]
