Category Archives: Politics

Make Thy Neighbor Conform for Diversity’s Sake

January 18, 2006 – 6:38 pm
Months ago I pointed out the creation of website KnowThyNeighbor.org. KnowThyNeighbor.org’s operators, Thomas Lang and Alexander Westerhoff, name those who have signed a petition to bring gay marriage to a vote in Massachusetts, because they think the best way to achieve their stated goal of “promoting dialogue on marriage equality in Massachusetts” is to [...]
By filosofo | Also posted in Boston, Culture, Gay Marriage, Massachusetts, Society | Please write a comment

The Economist on the Alito Hearings

January 14, 2006 – 12:54 pm
TED KENNEDY is deeply troubled by the ethics of the Supreme Court nominee. Between 2001 and 2006, Samuel Alito, who is currently an appeals court judge, accepted $7,684,423 in “donations” from special interests who perhaps wanted the law tweaked in their favour. That included $28,000 from defence contractors, $42,200 from drug firms and a whopping [...]
By filosofo | Also posted in Law, Samuel Alito, Ted Kennedy | Please write a comment

Alito Hearings and Ted Kennedy

January 11, 2006 – 11:52 pm
A Supreme Court nomination requires a thorough look at the nominee, so there should be no rush to confirm. Also, there’s been plenty of political posturing on both sides of the aisle. I can’t count the number of times Republican senators have lobbed softball questions at Alito, to the effect of “Isn’t it [...]
By filosofo | Also posted in Law, Samuel Alito, Ted Kennedy | Please write a comment

Some Reasons Not to Start Withdrawing from Iraq

December 8, 2005 – 8:34 pm
With some discussion even among conservative friends that the U.S. should start pulling troops out of Iraq, Mortimer B. Zuckerman gives some good reasons in a recent editorial why we shouldn’t. When he writes, “For those who think it was a big mistake to go in, it would be a bigger mistake to quit [...]
By filosofo | Also posted in Mideast | 17 comments

BJU Joins Murtha and Sheehan?

December 5, 2005 – 8:01 pm
Blawger Eric Muller thinks that this is evidence that “support for the war is slipping a tad bit” : the editor of Bob Jones University’s student newspaper, the Collegian, is calling for a troop pullout from Iraq. The United States should start to gradually remove its troops from Iraq. We’ve been there long enough and done [...]
By filosofo | Also posted in Bob Jones University, Iraq, Mideast | 26 comments

Sink or Swim?

November 15, 2005 – 7:29 pm
I see CNN.com reports that Senator Dianne Feinstein met with Samuel Alito to discuss his judicial philosophy: Feinstein said she believed Alito was sincere. She said they discussed Row v. Wade, the landmark case that legalized abortion . . . Yeah, Row versus Wade. A couple of times I’ve actually had to make that decision in a [...]
By filosofo | Also posted in Dianne Feinstein, Humor, Samuel Alito | 1 comment