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Tainted Milk Death Sentences
I still don’t understand this. Not the imposition of the death penalty – I don’t have a problem with that if the milk really was deliberately contaminated with melamine, and those who did it knew what the…
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Courageous Leaders Declare Victory
via Tim Blair, this story from the Australian ABC. Hamas leaders declare victory, having defeated the zionist entity. So why are they still in hiding?
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It Would Be a Pity
If the right person were pressured out just because of the family she comes from. I’m not sure that Caroline Kennedy has had a fair run from the media, although she certainly hasn’t been subjected to…
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300,000 Dead in Darfur
And nearly three million displaced. There were angry protests around the world about Israel’s attempts to disarm Hamas. Where are the protests about the real genocide in Sudan?
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Banning What Wasn’t Being Done
Banning torture makes good headlines. But what is the point if it wasn’t being done anyway? It seems to me this is another case of trying to take the moral high ground, not by doing anything…
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Inauguration Speech
Again, comments from friends that “I must have been moved by Obama’s speech.” Well, no. Not really. Apart from generic expressions of hope for the future, with about as much depth of thought as a placard I…
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Obama Again
I’ve copped a bit of flack the last few days over my repeatedly expressed concerns about Obama’s abilities. It’s not that I am sure he is incapable, it’s just that there is nothing in his life…
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But Why?
Instapundit links to a post by Walter Shapiro suggesting Barack Obama wrote himself into the presidents’ job. His memoirs are an impressive piece of writing, and he has certainly done nothing else that would qualify him…
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Israel and Gaza
Israel is not blameless in its relationships with the Palestinian people. Palestinian homes, farms and businesses have been bulldozed to make way for Israeli settlers. Genuine and appalling atrocities have been committed against some Palestinians. People…
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What’s With the Serviette Under the Food?
In the category of other dumb ideas – why is the trend in cafes now to put the serviette under the food, coffee, whatever? This makes it completely useless for its intended purpose, which is to have…
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At the End of the Day
… and when the rubber hits the road, cliches should be avoided like the plague…
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Of All the Dumb Ideas
The idea of using taxpayers’ money to bail out failing companies would have to be one of the worst. Let me see if I’ve got this right. The government is going to take money from companies…
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What Were You Thinking?
Before the US Presidential election I wrote a latter to the Editor of the New York Times as follows: Dear Editor, I note with interest your endorsement of Senator Obama for President. Senator Obama is a…
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What Matters
More than just kindness, whatever Jewel might say. What matters are the things that make us human – our capacity for relationships, for creativity, for hope, and our capacity for rational and purposeful investigation of the world around…