Month: January 2005

  • The Media

    Media Bias Who controls the media? Conservatives claim the liberals hold more sway over it, the liberals accuse conservatives of owning it. Both sides of the debate actually have very compelling arguments to make their case, but the debate over ideological media-dominance ignores other important dimensions of bias and fails to address the question of…

  • Lifepartnerships for All Consenting Citizens

    “Marriage” seems to be a nebulous concept on its own without sexual orientation entering the debate. Civil unions, marriages, lifepartnerships benefit communities by providing stability, and this benefit alone is sufficient for promoting them, but the debate over lifepartnerships extends into definitions that include the potential to produce viable offspring, religious requirements, appeals to tradition,…

  • Campaign Finance Laws

    Note: This is a series of three posts on campaign finance laws, my thoughts on the matter evolve through the debate. Repeal Campaign Finance Laws How do I like my crow? This thought has been rolling around in my mind for some time now. You see, I was one of those people who vociferously advocated…

  • Wile E Coyote, Tragic Hero of Science

    Wile E. Coyote Wile E. Coyote, self-proclaimed “Super Genius,” goes by the scientific name “Eternalii Famishus,” has one all-consuming goal in life, to catch the Road Runner, scientific name “Acceleratii Incredibilus.” To accomplish this, Wile E implements a wide variety of weapons, state of the art technologies, and McGuyveresque (which should really be “Wile E…