I realized something. (Pause. Wait for fanfare to subside) Many of the arguments we are having over politics are not always about policy as much as they are about perceptions. My evidence is anecdotal, but my observations are pretty consistent. Both sides will admit that their side has done many of the things that they are up in arms…
Month: June 2013
Peek-a-boo! I see YOU!
A friend posted an indictment of President Obama’s surveillance policy (as a realization of the Patriot Act) with regard to wiretaps by the NSA. You can find it here at: http://www.businessinsider.com/new-york-times-obama-nsa-phone-scandal-editorial-nyt-2013-6. It was of particular interest because it was from the editorial board of the New York Times, a paper considered by many to have a…
Confessions of a “Hollywood Liberal”
This morning in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier this rebuttal appeared to a column that I had written the week before: http://wcfcourier.com/news/opinion/guest_column/questions-for-liberals/article_f518ea5c-ced4-11e2-9026-001a4bcf887a.html. I will also offer my column if anyone wishes to use it as a reference: http://wcfcourier.com/news/opinion/guest_column/have-you-taken-stock-of-your-jeopardized-liberties-lately/article_b252beb0-c947-11e2-b3ad-0019bb2963f4.html. For the record, I consider Van Miller to be a friend, and I have tremendous respect for him and the business…
Giving Idiots a Bad Name
It is fairly common that a mass email will reach me like the one below. This one was a list of things (perceived contradictions in policy) that concluded, if they were true, that “you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.” I’m sure that there are some idiots in government, but the…