The American Mind

Because I don’t have to train myself to endure this.

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March Madness not only hit the basketball court but also Sen. Kerry’s tomato-filled campaign. He took a break from campaigning and “meeting” with his foreign backers to ski. It was weird enough seeing a 60-year old man snowboarding, (but not weirder than an 80-year old man skydiving) but then we find out he called one […]

Tomorrow, the next edition of Kerry’s House of Ketchup will be unleashed upon the world. Send me your submissions. If I like them I’ll link them. If I don’t like them, try again next time. Jeff at Protein Wisdom, I won’t forget you this time.

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Bad news on the abortion front in Canada. A student was given a failing grade because he refused to take part in abortion procedures.
“Medical Student Being Failed at University of Manitoba for Not Providing Abortion Option”

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When Hamas and other Palestinian terrorists send out teenagers to kill Israelis they lose any sense of moral legitimacy. It’s awful enough for Hamas, et al. to deliberately target civilians. But these evil people are willing to sacrifice a generation just to drive out the Jews. When Israel is faced with such a horrible threat […]

Miss me? I’ve returned from 90 degrees and sunshine and come back to 40 degrees and rain. Normal posting will resume tomorrow evening. In the meantime, note that Condi Rice knew plenty about al-Qaeda before Richard Clarke had to talk down to her. Then, for you GOP-types in the West Bend/Washington County (WI) area, there […]

There’s some local reaction to John McCain’s Kerry-coddling last Friday. Arizona Republic columnist Robert Robb wants some of that McCain “straight talk” the former Presidential candidate mentions often. For instance, Robb wants to know what was the overheated rhetoric that upset McCain. It didn’t come from Vice President Dick Cheney because, as Robb writes, “I’m […]

What’s been most notable from all the Spring Training baseball I’ve watched is outstanding pitching. Yesterday, Kerry Wood took apart my beloved Brewers. In that same game, Brewers closer Dan Kolb came back from some injury concerns to pitch well. Today, Oakland’s Tim Hudson (shown above)* was almost unhittable against the Giants. Good pitching keeps […]

Thomas Friedman has another column based on his trip to India. There’s much I don’t agree with him in this piece. He thinks it’s important for India’s future that the government run much of the infrastructure now being built in private enclaves. However, his on-site reporting give his readers a colorful, three-dimentional view of outsourcing, […]

Miguel Helft found an example of the job-creating benefits of outsourcing. Extending the division of labor worldwide isn’t just a zero-sum game. Finding the cheapest, most efficient uses of scarce resources is what has brought Americans the rich lives they live today.
“Offshore Complexities: Jobs there Mean Jobs Here”
UPDATE: For further reading, Tyler Cowen has some […]

So, Friday was my first non-travel day on vacation. I was all set to relax, watch baseball, and let nothing bother me. Unfortunately, I bought that day’s Arizona Republic and what was on the front page but Sen. John McCain stabbing his President and party in the back. I can respect McCain’s opinion that Sen. […]

Thank God, I’m on vacation. Because I don’t feel the need to comment on the crud spewed by the anti-war/anti-Bush/anti-Israel/anti-America protesters. For commentary, I leave it to Michele.
“Do They Hear What I Hear?”

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I’m escaping the cold and snow of Wisconsin for a few days of sunny hotness in Arizona. The Brewers’ Spring Training is in full gear, and I’ll be there to catch the action. There’s something really nice about sitting in a ballpark with a cold beer in hand watching baseball. If there are any TAM […]

No, Howard Dean, M.D. is not running for President again. He’s now running Democracy for America. The weblog is still pumping away posts to satisfy the kool-aid drinkers. From his op/ed DfA is a rehash of his campaign platform except the person he wants you to vote for is Sen. Kerry, not Dean, M.D.
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There are cracks in Florida’s Cuban-American voting block. Some of these usually steadfast Republican voters say they’ll vote for Sen. John Kerry. With Florida a toss-up state again in this year’s election it could mean Bush defeat.
These Cuban-Americans say Bush hasn’t done anything to forward the end of Castro’s brutal regime. But after 40+ years […]