Gays have the right, no less than “straights” have, to get married. For legal purposes, marriage is a contract between two opposite-sexed individuals. Consistent with equal protection under the law, neither gays nor straights can get married to individuals of their own sex. The argument isn’t about the individual’s right to choose monogamous cohabitation; it’s […]
Entries from March 2005
Excellent article on gay “marriage”
March 22, 2005
Doctors now decide who lives and who dies
March 16, 2005
Yeah, this baby was probably going to die, anyway, but do we really want doctors deciding who lives and who dies? Deformed baby dies after life support removed
More support for the lesser of two evils
March 14, 2005
Every time the United States the last quarter century had acted boldly — its removal of Noriega and aid for the Contras, instantaneous support for a reunified Germany, extension of NATO, preference for Yeltsin instead of Gorbachev, Gulf War I, bombing of Milosevic, support for Sharon’s fence, withdrawal from Gaza and decapitation of the Hamas […]
Be nice to your pets…
March 11, 2005
…and don’t turn your back on them, whatever you do!
Has Osama given up?
March 10, 2005
Title says it all: Has Osama given up?
The media still doesn’t get it
March 4, 2005
The whole article is only available to subscribers, and I’m not a subscriber, so here’s a really good quote. For example, the other day, some secret tape recordings of George W. Bush fell into the hands of the New York Times and the excitable lads rushed into print with them, and the great herd of […]
Terror and the English Language
March 3, 2005
Here’s an article everyone in the English-speaking world would do good to read. We need to start watching what we say so that the facts aren’t distorted. Terror and the English Language