So, I was listening to the man Rush Limbaugh today, and he brought up something I've been thinking about for the last few weeks, but haven't really cared enough about to really investigate it. In the Moussaoui trial, the jury has decided that he qualifies for the death penalty. Why?
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So what does everyone think about the xenophobic victory orchestrated by the bigots in our congress?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/09/AR2006030902375.html...
So, I've been doing a lot of research on the Palestinian Question (and if you are intested in reading my position, check out my essay on the Peaceful Palestinian Solution.
Here is my question. People are saying that because the Palestinians elected Hamas, that Democracy has failed. Why...
Reproductive Rights and Equity
This is a topic near and dear to my heart. Reproductive Rights: Should men have any? Well I say YES, they should. If you accept the logic that having a child is a woman's choice, and that the man has no say whatsoever in the decision, then you must conclude...
I am continually perplexed by the fact that we humans look the worst we are capable of as what defines us, but ignore our best features. Goodness isnt easily remembered, appreciated, or honored. We practice a national religion of outrage and despair, in a culture of helplessness and fear. Idols...
College requires a great deal of reading, but I just finished reading something that stands as an example of the best and worst that a university has to offer. I say that it represents the best, because it demonstrates an intellectual sickness, it raises questions, creates a debate, and makes...
Usama Bin Laden is Richard the Lionheart; he is a paranoid, idealistic, and impregnable warrior. His call to war against Americans and Jews is quasi-well-founded, hopeless, and obstinate, simply because it is grounded in both a religious zeal and a nationalist pride. In the interview with Usama...
Well, I've got to hand it to Al Qaeda in Iraq. They may have just won the war for the peace in Iraq. The bombing of a Shiite mosque has led the retaliatory violence against Sunnis. What they thing happened was that Al Qaeda in Iraq bombed the mosque in order to start a civil war, and start a...
Show Them The Money!
Egypt wants us to be patient with Hamas? Maybe we should. After all, Jimmy Carter (America's most pathetic president) agrees with Egypt.
All Hamas needs to do is recognize that Israel has a right to exist and everything will be fine. Of course, I think bringing...
In Defense of Dubai
I know everyone is up in arms about this nonsense, but frankly it is frightening how easily excited our government and populace has become, and over nothing. To think that the American people and their politicians are only slightly less insane than the Muslims who freaked...