Posts Tagged ‘age’

Iowa caucus – age matters

January 4th, 2008 | 1 Comment

Last night Iowa held their caucus.  This is the quickie breakdown of how the candidates did: For the Republicans: 52 got 34% 61 got 25% 65 got 13% 71 got 13% 72 got 10% The others either didn’t really run or were pretty much already out of it. For the Democrats: 46 got 38% 55 [...]

Tag – that exclusionary activity your mom warned you about.

October 18th, 2006 | 10 Comments

Officials at an elementary school south of Boston have banned kids from playing tag, touch football and any other unsupervised chase game during recess for fear they’ll get hurt and hold the school liable. Recess is "a time when accidents can happen," said Willett Elementary School Principal Gaylene Heppe, who approved the ban. While there [...]

Do we “need” neoconservatism?

October 18th, 2006 | No Comments

Powerline points to a book by Douglas Murray called: Now, the premise here is that the country NEEDS Neoconservatism.  I don’t particularly think that’s true.  That’s about like saying the country NEEDS to grow older.  Sounds kinda harsh I know, but this is why I think this is true.  It’s pretty simple really:  In 1990, [...]

Al Martinez feels the heat

October 10th, 2006 | No Comments

Al Martinez decided to get something off his chest. Now, Al’s not your ordinary newspaper hack, he’s a hack for the LA Times.  I’m not sure exactly what set him off, but here’s some of what he had to say about blogs: When I first heard the term, I thought it defined a loathsome place [...]