Jerry Stratton's Blog, page 72
July 21, 2015
The Case for Democracy
When did America forget that it���s America?
July 14, 2015
The pseudo-scientific state and other evils
In 1922, following the first world war, G.K. Chesterton discovered to his dismay that the evils of the scientifically-managed state had not been killed by its application in Prussia. Unfortunately, it was also not killed by its applications in Nazi Germany.
July 12, 2015
Safari 8.0.7 can block endless alerts
The latest update to Safari on Mac OS X 10.10.4 allows blocking endless alert loops.
July 10, 2015
Global warming vs. oiled dolphins
Catastrophic anthropogenic global warming critics are more dangerous than oil execs who kill dolphins, and need to be buried deeper than two million year old bones. But this makes CAGW a non-science. Science requires criticism or it isn���t science. Science-oriented media outlets are doing CAGW scientists a disservice by protecting them from competing theories.
July 8, 2015
Allow men to impersonate exes, transgender activists say
Some transgender activists want banks to reduce the security on bank accounts, enabling abusive exes to access their victims��� bank accounts.
July 7, 2015
Call Northside 777
A journalism noir starring Jimmy Stewart as the crusading reporter who frees an innocemnt man while arguing with his editor, smoking, drinking, and walking the streets of Chicago.
July 3, 2015
What is the state���s role in marriage and the family?
The family has been changing in the United States for decades, partially because of misguided government policies. Now, same-sex marriage changes the family fundamentally. State and federal legislators should take a serious look at the state���s role in marriage and family.
June 30, 2015
The Best of Mike Royko: One More Time
If you���re looking for a grand overview of Mike Royko���s essays, this is a great place to start. It includes his very first essay from September 6, 1963, and provides some of his best works from the sixties, seventies, eighties, and nineties, ending with his very last column from March 21, 1997, which was, fittingly, about both the Cubs and Sam Sianis of the Billy Goat Tavern.
June 25, 2015
Democrats ���oppress��� black voters��� by killing them en masse
Over more than a century, Democrats throughout the United States have sought to glorify the Confederacy, from the battle flag to erecting monuments to the political leaders of the Confederacy. They have killed to do it. Republicans should work to tear down those monuments to slavery.
Texas 2015
News from Texas in 2015.
