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Category Archives: Society
Restroom Access Act
It’s a bad law. #tcot Continue reading
NASCAR: Roush Goes Green, Planet Saved
Roush Fenway racing goes green. We’re saved! #tcot Continue reading
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Judging A Book By It’s Cover
What happens when you hire a functional illiterate? Well, if that functional illiterate sees you reading a book about how Notre Dame handled the Ku Klux Klan and only sees the burning cross on the front, you might get brought … Continue reading
The Shape Of Things To Come?
This article in the Christian Science Monitor is eye opening. Any government that attempts to guarantee healthcare must also control its costs. The inevitable next step will be to seek to control citizens’ health and their behavior. If the US … Continue reading
Welcome to Nashville! Now Speak English
I guess I knew there was a referendum coming up here in Nashville, but I didn’t know it was this soon. Thanks to some folks who oppose Metro Charter Amendment 1, I know now that we’re in the early voting … Continue reading
50 Complaining Neighbors 1, Nashville and History 0
I attended tonight’s meeting of the Tennessee State Board of Fair Commissioners (aka the Fair Board). My thoughts on the meeting can be summed up thusly: 2008 was the last season ever of weekly racing at the fairgrounds I say … Continue reading
The Tyranny of the Minority
John Stuart Mill was right when talking about the tyranny that can happen in democracies. In his “On Liberty” he states “Society can and does execute its own mandates; and if it issues wrong mandates instead of right, or any … Continue reading
A “Poor” Standard of Living
It’s been said before that the poor and homeless in America have a better standard of living than the poor and homeless in other countries. How you can be poor and still have two or three TVs, cell phones, and … Continue reading
Thanks, Pope
The Vatican has “forgiven” John Lennon for a remark he made about the Beatles being more popular than Jesus. What? That makes no sense. There’s nothing to forgive. He wasn’t bragging, just making an observation. If you think about it, … Continue reading
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College Costs
A few years ago here in Tennessee, one of the state representatives (who’s now a US Congressman) finally got a lottery passed (they actually had to amend the State Constitution to do it). The idea was to give scholarships to … Continue reading
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