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Apparently some German lawmakers, seizing an opportunity provided by the outrage at Prince Harry’s wardrobe malfunction, are suggesting that there be a Europe-wide ban on Nazi insignia.
“All of Europe suffered under Nazi crimes in the past, therefore, it would be logical for Nazi symbols to be banned all over Europe,” said Silvana Koch-Merin, vice president [...]

recently, while watching television, i overheard the most retarded quotation of the modern era. i blogged it here, and mason of provo pulse kindly quoted me on his blog.
the reaction on this blog centered on whether jesus could really be said to be the “reason” for christmas celebrations, because of the pagan [...]

some guy from some atheist organization went on national tv last night and defended the expelling of christmas carols from public schools with this statement:

“jesus is not the reason for christmas.”

hey idiot! if christ isn’t the reason for christmas, then what’s the problem with singing about him in the darn songs? he [...]

when you put it this way, it seems the only way to be fair is to tax workers less:

“What if, instead of paying taxes in money, the government forced you to work on a chain gang in order to pay taxes? If you have to work until 5PM every day, but everyone else [...]

hate spam? lycos is giving it’s european users the option of fighting back against spammers in an interesting way:

Internet portal Lycos has made a screensaver that endlessly requests data from sites that sell the goods and services mentioned in spam e-mail. Lycos hopes it will make the monthly bandwidth bills of [...]

Ted Koppel deserves some mild applause (golf clap perhaps?) for his airing of CBS News’ dirty laundry last night on Nightline. Of course, he’s got to do something to help restore his rep.

The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America,
When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of [...]

after being told tuesday that the organization would have to come up with nearly $14 million to pay for a forest fire allegedly started by some of its members, the boy scouts turned the tables on the state of utah and presented authorities with a bill for $595 million. the bill provides a monetary [...]

in his 1996 book, an intelligent person’s guide to philosophy, conservative british philosopher, roger scruton, describes the current, sad state of postmodern relativism perfectly. though his words are meant to pertain to philosophy, they might as well have been spoken of today’s scourge of liberalism and political correctness:

as the quantity of communication increases, so [...]

last month i got all fired up over the disdain the media–particularly the LA times–showed the catholic church in what should have been an inarguable point. one church leader suggested that john kerry might be refused communion because of his stance on a moral issue. a catholic, he directly opposes the teachings of [...]

Dan Flynn makes a couple great points about gay marriage.

How do gays consummate their marriages?
Without consummation, a marriage isn’t considered complete. It can be declared invalid and annulled.

and

One need only look so far as the first homosexual couple to tie the knot in Provincetown to see this latter oxymoronic form of marriage in action.

Insightful. [...]

Since Janet Jackson’s famous “fashion blunder” at the Super Bowl, much has been said, but little done, regarding decency in the media. Here is a great article that addresses the issues at hand, as well as providing a way to take the fight for decency to our elected representatives.

Decency In Media – Act Now!
“We [...]

bunnie diehl provides great coverage of last weekend’s abortion rally. here is her intro:

I headed down to the March for Women’s (Right To Take) Lives today. Within a few blocks I was so disgusted that I felt like throwing up.
There’s nothing like being confronted with hundreds of thousands of the angriest, most [...]

Michael Jackson indicted.

yesterday i was on campus writing a paper. someone had put up some signs supporting palestine in the hallway of the humanities building. the signs charge israel with terrorism. specifically, they charge the israeli military with targeting palestinian youth. i think we can all agree that would be an atrocity if [...]