According to several of those political quizzes circulating on the Internet, Alaska-Senator-turned-bitter-curmudgeon/longshot-Democratic-presidential-candidate Mike Gravel was one of my top matches for president.
I guess should be heartened, then, to see that Gravel is apparently now pursuing the Libertarian nomination.
Gravel’s platform is actually an odd grab-bag of proposals, including replacing the income tax with a “progressive fair [...]
Archive for April, 2008
Gravel the libertarian?
Posted in Libertarianism, Politics on April 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Pew Commission vs. factory farming
Posted in Animal Rights and Issues, Economy on April 30, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Wayne Pacelle’s Humane Society blog reports that the Pew Commission on Industrial Farm Animal Production at The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health has released a report recommending a “a phase-out of ‘the most intensive and inhumane confinement practices’—gestation and veal crates and battery cages.” This fall California will be voting on a ballot [...]
King’s X – “Over My Head”
Posted in Music on April 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I don’t know if folks remember the hard rock/soul/prog/funk act King’s X – this clip is from their 1989 album “Gretchen Goes to Nebraska”:
The band is still together and, in fact, have a new album coming out next month. (They were also, perhaps unfairly, dogged by the “Christian rock” label [...]
Throne and Altar
Posted in Ecumenism, Politics, Religion and society on April 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A troubling article on the treatment of Protestant “sects” under a regime of strengthening ties between the Orthodox Church and the Russian state.
Russophile Fr. Chris has some comments here.
