The New York Times recently ran a rather informative article on the next possible President of South Korea. Her name is Park Geun Hye. For those who don’t know, she’s the only daughter of South Korea’s most accomplished, and most infamous, President, slash, dictator, Park Chung Hee. Well, I suppose President Chun Doo Won,...
...the biggest issue is the simple fact that both Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan are ultimately products of professional American meritocracy, a system where only those who are overly cautious about not stepping on anyone’s toes succeed; one where only the submissive, crowd pleasing, and non-risk-taking rise to the top.
The Senate is broken. Things have gotten so bad now that Obama will force through the current health care bill under an obscure parliamentary process called “Reconciliation.” (I never knew such an amazing thing existed) It’s something Howard Dean advocated a couple months ago and it got all the Democrats to laugh at him...
John Stewart and Cliff May duke it out on the torture issue. I got to say, whatever your position may be on the issue, this is the best conversation about torture I’ve ever heard. Here’s the link: http://blog.indecisionforever.com/2009/04/29/jon-stewarts-extended-interview-with-cliff-may/ Great stuff, seriously! Even May says himself, “Literally, this is the best conversation I have had...
Contrary to public belief, water boarding is not a “new” method of “enhanced interrogation” but is actually a torture practice dating back to the 14th century.
So recently I attended an event where eminent Harvard historian, Niall Ferguson, and senior fellow at Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis, Jeff Madrick, spoke about the current economic crisis.
The belief of contemporary man of seeing himself as an infinitely progressing being that has no mortal limitations to confine himself to is at the root of modern humanity?s oncoming extinction.
