Month March 2012
Imagine a subway that travels at 4,000 mph. That is exactly what some people are proposing. Sounds cool. ET3.com, Inc., an open consortium looking to implement “space travel on Earth,” has begun selling licenses for its Evacuated Tube Transport (ETT)… Continue Reading →
Democrats are playing a dangerous game here. A man has literally had to go into hiding because he fears for his life and you have the President of the United States stoking the flames on this story, you’ve got congressmen… Continue Reading →
The boy came down in tears. He doesn’t cry an awful lot for a six year old boy but this time he came down the stairs and you could tell he was crying because his face is so dirty it… Continue Reading →
Rebecca Frech of “Shoved to them” fame will be guest blogging around here once a week over the next month. We’re glad to have her. She’s a heckuva writer. This piece is really wonderful. Through a Mother’s Eyes When I… Continue Reading →
C’mon. We all know the French are lazy. Really lazy. I mean they protest in the street when they threatened to increase the work week from like 4 hours to 4 hours and 7 minutes or something… But I had… Continue Reading →
Of all the SCOTUS audio I listened to today, I think this is my favorite bit. In it, Justice Scalia lectures the Solicitor General on the where the government gets its limited powers. Excellent.
So today the Supreme Court heard oral arguments over the health care mandate. There has been a flurry of articles about how Justice Kennedy holds the balance of the court in his hands. So it occurred to me that the… Continue Reading →
The New York City Department of Education is pushing to have words they deem upsetting removed from standardized tests because they might upset students. Right now, the tally of banned words is at 50 but rest assured that list will… Continue Reading →
If you’re a fan of the King of Rock and Roll and the King of the Jews, this trip is for you. Here’s the weirdest story of the day from The Washington Times. The Elvis Presley Holy Land Tour has… Continue Reading →
I spoke with Father John Higgins, the Pastor of Saint Raymond’s parish in California, last night. He’s a funny and faithful priest. We spoke for a while about the HHS mandate and the Catholic blogosphere in general and he almost… Continue Reading →