www.melaniephillips.com/diary/ September 1, 2004 Optimists and reactionaries by Melanie Phillips Having just spent three weeks in the US, I was struck once again by how similar and yet how very different that country is from Britain. The thing that really hits you between the...(Read more...)
Now, 9 am ET on Monday, October 4 has been set for the second and final flight. The date is also the anniversary of the launch of Sputnik, the world's first artificial satellite.
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In dark contrast with the US repudiation of the Cuban debt after Spanish-American War, Bush's failure to repudiate Saddam's debt alienates pro-liberty Iraqis from American forces.(Read more...)
In the September 30th Entry of his blog, soldier Joe Kane is shown placeing Objectivist political cartoonist's, Cox and Forkum, book into a Palace Library. On the shelf one can also make out various other Objectivist works by Ayn Rand. (Read more...)
While a team of aerospace engineers takes aim this week on the $10 million Ansari X Prize competition for privately developed suborbital spaceflight, a Nevada millionaire is planning an even loftier contest.(Read more...)
Ever see kids strolling around nonchalantly in their Che Guevara T-shirts? Ever want to walk over and slap their faces until your hands hurt? Don't do that; it would be an initiation of force, might get you arrested, and would at any rate serve little purpose. For relief from your fury, just read this well-written demo...(Read more...)
I just learned that my tax dollars have financed the appearance of Michael Moore at the University of Central Florida (UCF) in Orlando courtesy of the Campus Activities Board (CAB) and the Student Government Association (SGA). According to UCF Announcements page:
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