Month: August 2005

Diane101 asked me how you can commit a transgression when you do not have to appeal to a higher power.  She also asked me how you can be ‘someone’ without a soul, and how you can judge a life to have a value if...

By W. Patrick Lang I am not a big fan of Senator John Kerry. His behavior in the US after his return from duty in VN eliminated any possibility that I would ever support him for anything. Nevertheless, the process of relentless,...

After speaking to reporters, Bush took a bike ride and then had dinner plans with Idaho Gov. Dirk Kempthorne and the state’s congressional delegation. He said he also planned to spend some “quality time” with...

This is a followup to requests for comments I posted at c u l t u r e k i t c h e n and Daily Kos; regarding a conference call with NARAL that I was part of and that I noted at, c u l t u r e k i t c h e n: Liveblogging NARAL I...

I’m noticing numerous comments suggesting that we should hunker down and prepare for a terrorist attack because Bush’s poll numbers are so bad. Three questions: Why is it okay to make such a prediction, but...