In a rather interesting magazine called The American Conservative, which is not conservative necessarily as we understand it in Orange County, but actually represents pacifist conservatives of all kinds (and yes there is such a thing as pacifist conservatives) Stephen […]
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The Social Justice Opportunity of the Century
Much to the surprise of all of us, the new governor of California, Jerry Brown, has proposed shutting down all redevelopment agencies in the state. The reason for this is that a city (or probably a county, where a county […]
You Know You’ve Spent Too Much Time in Europe if…
1. You find it just as easy to think in terms of Celsius and kilometers as you do in Fahrenheit and miles. You hear it’s in the 20s outside and momentarily think, “Oh, good, I can go outside in T-shirt […]
Christians Creating Culture: Charles Schulz Did It
The last couple of nights I happened to watch two famous television specials on DVD: A Charlie Brown Christmas and It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown. I pity any members of younger generations who have not seen them. Today people […]
There is apparently a shortage of sodium thiopental…
There is apparently a shortage of sodium thiopental, a drug mainly used to execute people. In a way, that is just as well. The death penalty is not a medical procedure, and should not be disguised as one. Gurneys, needles, […]
The Place of Sharia Law in a Free Society
There has been some controversy recently, because the Archbishop of Canterbury, no less, suggested that sharia law could in some ways be incorporated into the British law code. This suggestion created a certain amount of outrage; and in the last […]
Christmas Greetings
A Happy Incarnation, Jesus’ Birthday, and Solstice to all my readers. And a more prosperous New Year than, for most of us, the last one. – Howard Ahmanson
If I lived in Virginia . . .
Ah. I suppose if I lived in Virginia, I could stop paying my Social Security (also known as OASDI and FICA) tax. That’s ‘insurance’ too. [Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance] And it’s a regressive tax that falls mainly on […]
In my youth, people knew that the only way to stop arbitrary exercises…
It is a pity that, apparently, no one got arrested. In my youth, people knew that the only way to stop arbitrary exercises of government authority like this one was to force them to arrest you or give you your […]
Immigration Policy: Now I Will Offend Everyone
I don’t know whether this should be the official stance of the PAN Norte, but I wish to inform my readers that I endorse both the DREAM Act, beloved of the left and the proposals of the right to redefine “birthright […]