by James Heflin | Jan 20, 2010 | Ten Gallon Liberal
The narrative about yesterday's election in the mainstream press is likely (who knows–maybe they'll surprise us yet) to be the timeworn critique of Democrats that always surfaces–they aren't being conservative enough. It is a remarkable thing...
by James Heflin | Jan 20, 2010 | Ten Gallon Liberal
Every time I run into an Objectivist, I get the urge to back up and run into them again. An urge, paradoxically, that Ayn Rand would likely approve of. Rand's philosophy is pretty much the opposite of the parts of Christianity that I value most from my own very...
by James Heflin | Jan 22, 2010 | Ten Gallon Liberal
Oh boy! There's yet worse news than the absurdist story of Democratic crybaby-ism and disintegration. Here's some party-trumping gloom–today the Supreme Court appears to have turned over the government to the highest bidder in a real and direct way. This...
by James Heflin | Jan 25, 2010 | Ten Gallon Liberal
My favorite new quote:"For too long, some in this country have been deprived of full participation in the political process," [Republican Senator Mitch] McConnell said. "With today’s monumental decision, the Supreme Court took an important step in...
by James Heflin | Jan 27, 2010 | Ten Gallon Liberal
I'm not sure what this means, but I'm pretty much inclined to think it somehow means we're in for it, ala one of those '50s sci-fi movies with bullet bras and scary laboratories.So, until tomorrow then.