Category Archives: politics

QotD

Posted on Wednesday, 2003 July 09 by Anton

Daniel Webster: It is hardly too strong to say that the [US] Constitution was made to guard the people against the dangers of good intentions.

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abolish marriage

Posted on Wednesday, 2003 July 09 by Anton

Michael Kinsley: We can add gay marriage to the short list of controversies – abortion, affirmative action, the death penalty – that are so frozen and ritualistic that debates about them are more like kabuki performances than intellectual exercises. Or … Continue reading →

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why do these words sound so nasty?

Posted on Wednesday, 2003 July 09 by Anton

I don’t agree on much with my old schoolmate Eric Rasmusen, a newcomer to the weblog craze; but we’re similarly disturbed over Lawrence v. Texas. Scalia . . . probably would vote against the Texas sodomy law as a citizen. But as … Continue reading →

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celebrate diversity, except in opinion

Posted on Monday, 2003 July 07 by Anton

Multiculturalism at Cal Poly On Jan. 29, Cal Poly [California Polytechnic State University] charged Hinkle with “disruption” of a “campus event.” The students who objected to the posting of the flier claimed they were holding a Bible study dinner and … Continue reading →

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basta!

Posted on Friday, 2003 July 04 by Anton

Declaration of Individual Independence (link from Rational Review News Digest)

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my shining city

Posted on Friday, 2003 July 04 by Anton

Wherever the standard of freedom and Independence has been or shall be unfurled, there will [America’s] heart, her benedictions and her prayers be. But she goes not abroad, in search of monsters to destroy. She is the well-wisher to the … Continue reading →

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police arrogance again

Posted on Wednesday, 2003 July 02 by Anton

Anton Gets Wound Up Over An Affront To His Dignity, Chapter CLXIV. Sunday a policeman pulled me over (for lacking a current tax sticker on my car; it was lost in the mail). I started to stand up, the better … Continue reading →

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