Category Archives: Logic and Reason

How to refute Obama apologists with a single sentence

Posted on August 21, 2010 by admin

Not that it will make much difference but here goes. I would vote every single time for a classic liberal aka “conservative” who happens to be a black Muslim born in the Sudan running for president of the United States … Continue reading →

Posted in Ethnicity and race, Logic and Reason, Politics, Religion, Rhetoric | 2 Comments

Will young Americans truly turn toward liberal Christianity?

Posted on August 2, 2010 by admin

(ed – I almost did not publish this. Do not like to “pick an argument” with such a public figure and that is not my intent.) Normally I do not pay much attention to what American religion scholar Diana Butler … Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Practice, Christianity, Issues, Logic and Reason, Religion, Roman Catholicism, Society and Culture | 4 Comments

Failures of imagination and the racism charge redux

Posted on July 13, 2010 by admin

One of the things I appreciate about the blog Politics, Policy, Pathology and Hope Within The Black Community (how’s that for a blog title?) is how often he asks “why do we focus so much ire and attention on that … Continue reading →

Posted in Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, Ethnicity and race, Logic and Reason, Propaganda, Society and Culture, Southern Baptist Convention | 2 Comments

Reverence and leadership (or) Can irreverence demand its opposite?

Posted on May 9, 2010 by admin

What is leadership? It is not simply getting people to do what you want. Tyrants and dictators get people to do what they want. But they are not leaders. Woodruff argues persuasively that reverence is a virtue especially important for … Continue reading →

Posted in Ethics and Morality, Law and Justice, Logic and Reason, Politics | 1 Comment

Dennis Prager says what I’ve been saying for years (or) The left’s intellectual solipsism

Posted on April 27, 2010 by admin

Phew. Kudos to Dennis Prager for saying what I have been saying for years. Not that he got it from me at all. But that someone has expressed publicly and well something that has been on my mind for a … Continue reading →

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For me but not for thee, racist phone messages (or) Afternoon coffee

Posted on April 12, 2010 by admin

That the left would invest so much time and energy to portray opposition to the current administration and Congressional leadership as motivated by racism – thereby prompting said opposition to waste time and energy responding to these portrayals – is … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Ethnicity and race, Issues, Judaism, Logic and Reason, Personal | Leave a comment

“You shall not bear false witness” (or) Misrepresenting opponents of statism

Posted on April 6, 2010 by admin

*Important Update* Associated Press has published an article challenging strongly some of the evidence and arguments advanced to refute claims the N-word was used against members of the Congressional Black Caucus. If the article is correct this is deeply troubling … Continue reading →

Posted in Ethnicity and race, Issues, Logic and Reason, Politics, Propaganda, Rhetoric | 3 Comments

E J Dionne (almost) gets “conservatism”

Posted on March 25, 2010 by admin

Fairness requires that when liberals say or do something praiseworthy we give them credit. Have never been a big fan of E J Dionne who writes for the Washington Post and often appears alongside David Brooks on National Public Radio. … Continue reading →

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Cars houses and life itself (or) Bad arguments in defense of the health care bill

Posted on March 25, 2010 by admin

Like an idiot had the car audio set to “radio” rather than “aux”. So caught 3 minutes of Jim Engster on National Public Radio. *Sigh* Discussing attempts to challenge the new health care legislation – legislation? that itself merits discussion … Continue reading →

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The insulting incoherence of the “blame the media” argument

Posted on March 22, 2010 by admin

A high school classmate (great guy by the way) with whom I reconnected via facebook wrote: [I am] shocked that so few people have any real understanding of the healthcare bill other than what they get from the media. The … Continue reading →

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