Over the years, we have referred to many personages of note by using first, middle, and last names, while the rest of us plod along with only first and last. As far as I can remember, outside of Mel Gibson’s movie, “Conspiracy Theory,” few have commented on this. Neither can I remember anyone commenting on the significance of the middle name, when it is the same as some other famous person. For example, I don’t remember anyone remarking on the irony that William Jefferson Clinton was not very much like Thomas Jefferson, or urging Clinton to act more like Jefferson because of his middle name.
Continue reading “The Senator formerly known as Hussein”
Author: Greg Raven
‘Economic stimulus’ payments to illegal aliens
I’m writing today about HR 5140, which apparently includes a loophole that allows the IRS to send “Economic Stimulus” payments to illegal aliens.
Continue reading “‘Economic stimulus’ payments to illegal aliens”Earth Day 2007
Today we supposedly celebrate “Earth Day.” Until 1970, this day was known as the birthday of Lenin, the leader of the Bolshevik Revolution and first head of the Soviet state. Perhaps we should call it “Watermelon Day” — the day on which each of us looks Green on the outside while remaining Red on the inside.
Continue reading “Earth Day 2007”Proving evolution
We watched a show on the Discover channel last night dealing with the large dinosaur graveyard in Utah that contains a large number of Falcarius utahensis bones. Of course there were the typical confident pronouncements about conditions, creatures, and events millions and millions of years ago, but the description of this creature’s evolutionary path was especially striking.
Continue reading “Proving evolution”
Duke lacrosse team rape charges
The complete exoneration of the Duke lacrosse team members of rape charges got me thinking about other seemingly similar abuses of government power, as evidenced by prosecutorial zeal.
Continue reading “Duke lacrosse team rape charges”
Don Imus
Shock jock Don Imus has shown that, to race baiters such as Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson, race does matter … sometimes, more than anything else.
Continue reading “Don Imus”