Submitted to a Candid World

Maybe.  Whoever is elected on November 4th, 2008, it will be a great step forward for America, and a step out of the scientific dark ages of the Bush years.  McCain and Obama have both repudiated the Bush administration’s stance on stem cells - a purely ideological position that still threatens to cripple America’s fledgling [...]

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After the Bush administration improperly politicized the hiring process for Justice Department attorneys, asking such questions as, “what makes you want to serve President Bush?,” Attorney General Mukasey will not pursue charges against the primary offenders, citing strong internal remedial measures… such as, we can only assume, congratulations.  Thus ends the main employment venue for [...]

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George W. Bush managed to dodge the “elitist” label, despite his silver-spoon upbringing, by clearing brush and acting like an idiot (whether he actually is an idiot is another question entirely). His unimpressive - and therefore unoffensive - facade gave him the right to mock any Democratic politician with a clever idea as an “elitist [...]

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I recently made the mistake of trying to engage Andy Schlafly in civil conversation.  As I boasted earlier, I’m undefeated in debating against Schlafly: the problem is, I’d forgotten just how unpleasant an experience debating with the man actually is.  And this time, we were just debating… about a debate.
You see, Andy made a boast [...]

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