You might be a progressive if…
…you believe that global warming is one of the worst catastrophes ever to face humankind, yet you are distinctly unhappy about the fact that the Earth has been cooling for the last 11 years.
Archive for November, 2009
Just what Greensboro needs, alright
I’ve read this post several times and I really can’t tell if I’m pretty sure I’m starting to believe I’m almost positive the N&R’s Doug Clark is being sarcastic when he says Greensboro needs “a state-of-the-art, climate-controlled, domed football stadium added to its existing facilities — the Coliseum and the coming-soon Aquatic Center.”
I’ll go [...]
Message to Would-Be Lawyers: Start Out Wealthy
The man who was denied admission to the bar because of his unpaid student loans has once again been told he can’t get a law license.
Babysitting Is Legal in Michigan — Up to $600
When I blogged about Michigan’s bill to exempt babysitters from daycare regulations, I didn’t know it imposed a $600 limit. The bill has been signed into law, and babysitters are free to watch kids in peace — as long as they earn less than that amount in a year.
A teenager who watches kids one night [...]
Review: The Modern Papacy
Ryan T. Anderson, editor of the Witherspoon Institute’s Public Discourse site, reviews Acton Research Director Samuel Gregg’s new book, The Modern Papacy, in the Nov. 28 issue of the Weekly Standard. Anderson says the book is “a significant contribution to the study of John Paul and Benedict’s thought.” Excerpt of “The Holy Seers” follows (for the complete article, a Weekly Standard subscription is required):
Gregg presents John Paul and Benedict as more or less united in the main trajectory of their dialogue with modernity. For ease in classification, this can be grouped in four domains: science, reason, faith, and revelation.
The “Botax” is a Regressive Tax
Although it would supposedly rake in $60 billion over 10 years, the Senate health reform bill’s proposed 5% tax on cosmetic procedures is hardly a tax on the wealthy. On a survey of people planning on having cosmetic surgery:
One-third make less than $30,000 a year.
More than two-thirds (70 percent) of clients make less than $60,000.
Only [...]
Another Look at the BASIS Charter Schools
When I last blogged about the BASIS charter schools, I hadn’t had a chance to watch Two Million Minutes: The Twenty-First Century Solution, which is the fourth in the Two Million Minutes series. Now that I’ve seen the full documentary, I can revisit the question: “Is BASIS the 21st century education solution?”
I’m impressed by the [...]
Aren’t We Clever?
War, famine, health care, Tiger Woods’ marriage. These are the important things that we should spend our time thinking about. But I admit, I often spend inordinate amounts of time being irritated by things that don’t matter. Such as the fact that Noodles & Co. has spaghetti and meatballs on their “American Food” menu.
(In fact, [...]
No Danica for NASCAR
Aww, ain’t that too bad?
Whatever will NASCAR do for drama now? Stiff the city of Charlotte on the $160m. Hall of Fame deal?
Nah, that could never happen. I mean, that city-subsidized office building must be chock full of tenants by now and there are plenty of Hall of Fame corporate sponsors and…. I’ll shut [...]