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Little old lady combatants

A common law school teaching device is called the Socratic method. Primarily using questions, a professor leads a student on an exploration of the reasoning behind a particular position or argument. It can also demonstrate the absurdity of certain positions.

A perfect example may have occurred in a Washington, DC, courtroom Wednesday as the government […]

Who owns that blog?

Ben Hanten at Daily Caucus caught something that slipped by me during my absence from blogging. Seems two of the leading Daschle-bashing, pro-Thune blogs were run by people paid by Thune.

Jon Lauck labeled his “Daschle v. Thune” blog as one “Analyzing the Biggest Senate Race in the USA.” Seems Jon neglected to tell anyone […]

Sounds like we’re being punished

Evangelicals believe God intervened to elect Bush this month. (Via Cursor).

Getting ready to let go

Still catching up on some of the post-election commentary. Realizing I need to let it go, this may be the last summary of post-election wailing, gnashing of teeth, reaction and bile. I want to note at the outset that with posts like this , this and this, it looks like Orcinus will provide valuable insight […]

Moral values

I’m still struggling with hypocrisy of the religious right equating “moral values” to litmus tests of being against gay marriage and abortion. A friend today reminded me of certain verses from Chapter 25 of the Gospel according to Matthew. In the language of the New American Bible from the US Conference of Catholic Bishops, here […]