September 8, 2010

The great tolerance trade-off

In our society, the religion of "tolerance" is held above all others. This is quite unfortunate because, while tolerance is valuable, it is more of a loaded concept than an absolute good.  In fact, Mahatma Ghandi never quite liked the ...

June 18, 2010

'What we have here....is failure to communicate.'

Well, President Obama finally had a talk with BP CEO Tony Hayward. It only took 53 days...nearly two months, the time it takes most men to save up for an engagement ring. But Barack Obama is not most men, and the only ring the country is concerned...

June 4, 2010

The Gaza raid raises questions of Israeli competency

As the flames of the Gaza political firestorm die down, they threaten to extinguish with them the very idea of Israeli competency. From the hand-caught-in-the-cookie-jar Dubai assassination in January, to the epic timing blunder on settlement exp...

May 12, 2010

Leahy's loose lips

While all the politicians and pundits this week are busy debating the competency of Elena Kagan, it happens every so often that they make themselves a much more interesting topic For instance, Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy, dismissing the most contro...

April 4, 2010

Doctor who posted controversial sign a victim of intolerance

Dr. Jack Cassel, the urologist from Florida who recently made headlines with a controversial sign on his office, is under attack in more ways than one. Because he apparently still has some semblance of legal right to display the sign, the more dev...