Month: May 2007

Rachel Carson: Not a Mass Murderer

Subtitle: My small attempt to educate Instapundit about DDT use and malaria Rachel Carson famously wrote the most influential book in the history of the environmental movement. It was called Silent Spring and it cataloged all...

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Cable News as Propaganda Agents

Today’s coverage of the violence in Lebanon reveals a remarkable degree of bias and stupidity.  CNN and Fox News are the most egregious.  All are busy pandering to neocons and suporters of Israel who tend to...

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“Doctor,” Heal Thy family

Actually, I shouldn’t use the word “physician” here, because she’s not an M.D., but it appears that Laura Schlessinger has some work to do on her family if reports of her son Deryk Schlessinger’s...

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Obama Drops In New Rasmussen Poll

Sen. Hillary Clinton now has a 10 point lead over Sen. Barack Obama in the latest Rasmussen national poll. Rasmussen had in recent months been one of the few polls to show Obama gaining on Clinton in national polls. Obama...

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Evangelicism and the GOP

With the passing of Rev. Jerry Falwell, there are quite a few people writing about his legacy and about state of political evangelicalism in America today. One example is from John Heilemann, writing in New York magazine. There...

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