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March 18th, 2009 · 1 Comment

I’ll be returning to this blog regularly very shortly, but did want to jump in for a couple of quick thoughts.
Reading Christpher Hitchens’ God is Not Great recently and want to share a delicious last line: “We have first to transcend our prehistory, and escape the gnarled hands which reach out to drag us back [...]

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Tags: Book Reviews · Ideas · government · journalism · politics

February 5th, 2009 · 4 Comments

Why is Obama sustaining Bush’s Constitution-breaking faith based government office?
The first amendment makes clear “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government [...]

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Tags: government · politics