This was originally posted on Live Oaks on February 1, 2010. Comments have not been migrated. Last Friday’s post on Glenn Beck drew some defense of his position on the grounds of nullification. I didn’t specifically address nullification in that post, but my comments certainly had implications on the issue. Since the individual defending nullification…
This was originally posted on Live Oaks on January 29, 2010. Comments have not been migrated. Glenn Beck can be both illuminating and infuriating. As an example of the latter, he recently made a statement on his radio show that the states have a right to institute universal health care, hand out free cars, etc….
This was originally posted on Live Oaks on January 25, 2010. Comments have not been migrated. Last week’s Supreme Court ruling regarding corporate contributions to political campaigns has statists of all persuasions up in arms. The Chronicle, for example, editorialized: With this action, the court has effectively undermined the influence of individuals and parties on…
This was originally posted on Live Oaks on January 11, 2010. Comments have not been migrated. Last Friday KPRC reported that Stages Repertory Theatre owes the city more than $350,000 in back rent. In an amazing display of evasion, both the city and the reporter ignored the facts of the situation. The report calls Stages…
This was originally posted on Live Oaks on December 11, 2009. Comments have not been migrated. Harris County District Attorney Pat Lykos has announced that her office will no longer file state jail felony charges against anyone caught with trace amounts of illegal drugs. Gary Blankinship, president of the Houston Police Officers’ Union criticized the…
This was originally posted on Live Oaks on November 25, 2009. Comments have not been migrated. During the Thanksgiving season, many conservatives love to comment on the Pilgrims. Most are so blinded by their religious beliefs that they re-write the story of the Pilgrims, the Puritans, and other early American colonists. For example, they love…
This was originally posted on Live Oaks on November 24, 2009. Comments have not been migrated. An OpEd by William Klemm, a professor at Texas A&M, in Sunday’s Chronicle declares that today’s youth are “self-absorbed” because of technology. According to the article, developments such as cell phones, Facebook, and text messaging breed laziness, narcissism, and…
This was originally posted on Live Oaks on October 19, 2009. Comments have not been migrated. A big topic on the mayoral campaign trail has been crime. The candidates agree that we need more police on the streets, but have offered few details on how they will accomplish this. I have previously suggested that one…
This was originally posted on Live Oaks on October 2, 2009. Comments have not been migrated. Earlier this week Chronicle columnist Lisa Falkenberg provided us with a look into the state’s food stamp program. Texas isn’t coming close to meeting federal requirements to process food stamp applications within a month. Last month, about 38,000 new…
This was originally posted on Live Oaks on April 20, 2009. Comments have not been migrated. I did not intend for this to be a two-part post, but one point has been gnawing at me. In building a coalition for their movement, the organizers of the Tea Parties are repeating the same fundamental error as…
This was originally posted on Live Oaks on April 17, 2009. Comments have not been migrated. I attended the Houston Tea Party on Wednesday, and along with a dozen friends distributed 150 copies of Atlas Shrugged and a similar number of pamphlets such as “Man’s Rights”. At an organizational meeting for the Tea Party, the…
This was originally posted on Live Oaks on March 26, 2009. Comments have not been migrated Anger over the profligate spending of Congress is leading to renewed cries for term limits. If we throw the “bums” out, the thinking goes, we can elect representatives who are more responsive to voters. While the appeal of such…