March 2006

Welcome to the Jungle

March 14, 2006

Update (3/15): Kerry Gilliard, a teacher in a Prince George’s County school, responds to a post about the county’s academic failures: The parents – the bulk of them – have lazy kids. My kids are walking around with 800 accessories to go along with their brand new PSPs, iPod nanos, shuffles, and minis, ridiculously expensive [...]

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The End of Skin Color-Based Scholarships?

March 14, 2006

Update: This interview with black conservative writer Shelby Steele is a must-read. Sample quote: “Affirmative action and all of its sundry manifestations should be completely eliminated. It stigmatizes all blacks, and it’s not voluntary. One of the real cruelties of affirmative action is that whether we want it or not, it is imposed on us, [...]

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Homosexuals Arrested at Liberty University

March 13, 2006

Update III: I landed a week-long guest blogging gig at Beliefnet. I cross-posted today, but look for fresh content this week. While visiting the site last week, I found a link to The Da Vinci Dialogue. Check out the line-up of experts. On a different note, this post hasn’t generated hate mail yet (It’s a [...]

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Update: Marion Barry Gets Wrist-Slapped

March 13, 2006

In January I blogged about the 70-year-old Marion “Da Mayor” Barry’s arrest for dodging taxes and testing positive for cocaine. It looks like he’s caught another break. Barry won’t be sent up for his crimes. Instead, he received probation and cut a deal to pay half the taxes he owes. (Source) Barry could be locked [...]

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Republicans Support Free Speech for Bloggers; Democrats Oppose

March 10, 2006

Thanks to Republicans in Congress, political bloggers may get an exemption from campaign finance laws. (Also see Beltway Blogroll) This issue has been on the table for a couple of years. We bloggers have been pleading our case since last year. Brief background: The Federal Election Commission (FEC) is considering extending the Bipartisan Campaign Reform [...]

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An Army of Davids Debate

March 8, 2006

Update (3/29): Welcome, googlers! Read the book review at Townhall.com. ——————————————————————————————————————————— If you’ve read An Army of Davids: How Markets and Technology Empower Ordinary People to Beat Big Media, Big Government, and Other Goliaths and/or attended the debate at the National Press Club on Monday and/or want to discuss it, surf over to this post [...]

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Child Killing Law Challenged in South Dakota

March 7, 2006

3/9: Thanks for participating! Hopefully Roe will be overturned and abortion will be a state issue once again. I believe abortion is murder, but the first step to severely limiting it is allowing states, not the Supreme Court, to legislate it. ————————————————————————————————– Now this is worth blogging about. Governor Mike Rounds is directly challenging the [...]

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LBC Retooling

March 6, 2006

Good morning friends, haters, and other loyal readers! I have a confession. I am bored out of my skull with the political ranting and raving and nitpicking. I’ve got to take this blog to the next level, mix things up a little bit. Since November 2003, I’ve basically done the same thing: check the headlines, [...]

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A Righteous Life

March 5, 2006

Adam lay with his wife Eve, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Cain. She said, “With the help of the LORD I have brought forth a man.” Later she gave birth to his brother Abel. Now Abel kept flocks, and Cain worked the soil. In the course of time Cain brought some of [...]

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Know Your Freedoms!

March 2, 2006

Update III (3/3 @ 10:49 a.m.): I’m going to do something today that I haven’t done in a loooong time: go offline. I’ll check via the Treo periodically to approve comments caught in the moderation queue. Enjoy your freedom, and rest easy this weekend! ——————————————————————— Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for [...]

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Resume Fiction

March 1, 2006

For the past few days, I’ve been out of the political news-blogosphere loop, so I don’t know what’s going on. Let’s do something different: CONFESS! I suspect that most people, at one time or another, have lied on their resumes. I’ll tell you about one of my resume lies. When I first arrived in the [...]

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