Tag Archives: Picks

The thin polycotton line

November 17, 2004 – 1:29 pm

Sometime in the last week our household passed a significant threshold. Claire had commented on several ocassions (and I think you know what I mean when I say ‘several’) that she didn’t have enough clothes. At the weekend, in part to rectify this, we hit the mall for a good Anglo-American shopping spree (i.e. low [...]

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Within Reason

April 7, 2004 – 8:21 am

One of the many unpleasant ads running as the election season reaches a frenzy, a scant 7 months before the election, is one criticizing John Kerry’s support for a 50 cent per gallon federal gas tax increase. You can read the allegations from Bush, and the defense from Kerry. Unfortunately I couldn’t locate the ad [...]

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Things that just are

March 24, 2004 – 12:40 pm

Following up on an earlier comment from Nick, who suggested that “the definition of marriage should be removed entirely from any legal documents in any laws.” This is an idea that seems rather appealing to me, though with some hesitation that may take us on an interesting detour. Let’s ignore for a moment what government [...]

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