Google Readertag:google.com,2005:reader/user/16267314425471380645/state/com.google/broadcastCKC79OKY_JoCJ. Max Wilson2009-07-04T14:10:32ZRecommended links from J. Max Wilsonsixteensmallstones_linkshttp://feedburner.google.comtag:google.com,2005:reader/item/112c03ada7b49d6d2009-07-04T11:10:20Z2009-07-04T11:10:20ZScotttag:google.com,2005:reader/feed/http://powerlineblog.com/index.rdfOn July 9, 1858, Illinois Senator Stephen Douglas gave a campaign speech to a raucous throng from the balcony of the Tremont Hotel in Chicago. Abraham Lincoln was in the audience when Douglas prepared to speak. Douglas invited Lincoln to come join him on the balcony to watch the speech. In his...tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/7567e0c15e35839a2009-07-01T21:39:47Z2009-07-01T21:39:47ZI realize this is slightly off-topic, but it is related to the spirit of Uncommon Descent. It turns out that Ockham’s Razor is nothing more than a modern myth, and this was proven by William Thornburn in a brilliant and devastating paper he published in Mind 27 (1918), pp345-353. Ockham’s Razor...Alfred Russeltag:google.com,2005:reader/feed/http://www.uncommondescent.com/feed/tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/d2b1b552978f08732009-07-01T13:44:43Z2009-07-01T13:44:43ZScotttag:google.com,2005:reader/feed/http://powerlineblog.com/index.rdfWe have invited political historian Paul Rahe to write something for us on the themes of his timely new book Soft Despotism, Democracy's Drift: Montesquieu, Rousseau, Tocqueville, and the Modern Prospect. Professor Rahe writes: President Obama has one distinguishing feature. He is a man of...tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/706ecaedc36035212009-07-01T15:40:18Z2009-07-01T15:40:18ZFor weeks, Zelaya -- an erratic leftist who styles himself after his good pal Hugo Chávez of Venezuela -- has been engaged in a naked and illegal power grab, trying to rewrite the Honduran constitution to allow him to run for reelection in November.(author unknown)tag:google.com,2005:reader/user/16267314425471380645/source/com.google/linktag:google.com,2005:reader/item/3a8f5eb26f17233b2009-06-30T20:06:41Z2009-06-30T20:06:41ZI've called on Congress to repeal the so-called Defense of Marriage Act to help end discrimination -- (applause) -- to help end discrimination against same-sex couples in this country.  Now, I want to add we have a duty to uphold existing law, but I believe we must do so in a way that does not...(author unknown)tag:google.com,2005:reader/user/16267314425471380645/source/com.google/linktag:google.com,2005:reader/item/1d527e5d0be83d012009-06-29T13:00:29Z2009-06-29T13:00:29ZThat Mr. Zelaya acted as if he were above the law, there is no doubt. While Honduran law allows for a constitutional rewrite, the power to open that door does not lie with the president. A constituent assembly can only be called through a national referendum approved by its Congress. But Mr. Zelaya...(author unknown)tag:google.com,2005:reader/user/16267314425471380645/source/com.google/linktag:google.com,2005:reader/item/f493f1af67de78902009-06-24T17:11:24Z2009-06-24T17:11:24ZBy Scott Jenkins Utah State Senator, District 20 Senate Majority Whip Here's a simple outline of how Utah policy relating to illegal immigrants will change, beginning July 1st. SB 81 was passed in 2008. Since then, two 2009 bills (HB 64 and SB 39) modified the original language. HIGHLIGHTS OF...(author unknown)tag:google.com,2005:reader/user/16267314425471380645/source/com.google/linktag:google.com,2005:reader/item/d8602a894aa105e92009-06-22T14:30:29Z2009-06-22T14:30:29Zqlangley (Profile)tag:google.com,2005:reader/feed/http://www.redstate.com/feed/atom/From the diaries by Erick. The only real test for the stability of a constitution is not how it copes with consensus, but how it stands up to the stresses of division.  Iran’s complicated constitutional structure is about to face that test. Some have suggested that all power lies with the Supreme...tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/37504ad9c9bb7fbf2009-06-20T22:56:40Z2009-06-20T22:56:40ZHuman rights monitor Amnesty International issued a statement on Friday saying Khamenei's sermon "indicates the authorities' readiness to launch violent crackdowns if people continue to protest which may cause a widespread loss of life."(author unknown)tag:google.com,2005:reader/user/16267314425471380645/source/com.google/linktag:google.com,2005:reader/item/074ba6df4f1f21792009-06-20T13:23:13Z2009-06-20T13:23:13ZView the video »Ed Morrisseytag:google.com,2005:reader/feed/http://feeds.feedburner.com/hotair/maintag:google.com,2005:reader/item/bd26cecd6c885c212009-06-19T22:13:43Z2009-06-19T22:13:43ZIn slums around the world, from Lagos, Nigeria and Nairobi, Kenya to rural villages in Ghana and China and places in between, Tooley has discovered poor people opening small private schools that offer alternatives to dismal or inaccessible public education.(author unknown)tag:google.com,2005:reader/user/16267314425471380645/source/com.google/linktag:google.com,2005:reader/item/4a635819bb3d07ac2009-06-19T20:37:42Z2009-06-19T20:37:42ZDialogue with a regime that is breaking heads, shooting demonstrators, expelling journalists, arresting activists. Engagement with -- which inevitably confers legitimacy upon -- leaders elected in a process that begins as a sham (only four handpicked candidates permitted out of 476) and ends in...(author unknown)tag:google.com,2005:reader/user/16267314425471380645/source/com.google/linktag:google.com,2005:reader/item/9c3d85ba2b836d522009-06-19T12:46:50Z2009-06-19T12:46:50ZRead this post »Ed Morrisseytag:google.com,2005:reader/feed/http://feeds.feedburner.com/hotair/maintag:google.com,2005:reader/item/686cce62eaae8b212009-06-14T07:46:47Z2009-06-14T07:46:47ZMarshall Kirkpatricktag:google.com,2005:reader/feed/http://feedproxy.google.com/readwritewebNote: This post was written at midnight PST last night, at which point CNN.com was hours behind much of the rest of online media in prioritizing the big news in Iran. The site has since focused on Iran but we believe this post remains relevant in discussing concerns about what sources are first in...tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/11dfc66aa14738e12009-06-12T22:40:54Z2009-06-12T22:40:54ZThe attacks in Arkansas and Washington are both manifestations of a radical type of intolerance, and they are linked in very deep ways. The left, generally speaking, doesn't want to acknowledge Muslim intolerance, and the right, generally speaking, doesn't want to acknowledge white, Christian...(author unknown)tag:google.com,2005:reader/user/16267314425471380645/source/com.google/linktag:google.com,2005:reader/item/7ff684273365061c2009-06-11T19:50:24Z2009-06-11T19:50:24Z... MAYBE. photo by: kevinsteele capped by: dantekgeek found on: joey d's page you guys are awesome!!! i love fezziks!(author unknown)tag:google.com,2005:reader/user/16267314425471380645/source/com.google/linktag:google.com,2005:reader/item/bbc8d4e79309ecc52009-06-11T16:58:54Z2009-06-11T16:58:54ZResearchers at Oregon State University have made a fundamental new discovery about how birds breathe and have a lung capacity that allows for flight – and the finding means it's unlikely that birds descended from any known theropod dinosaurs.(author unknown)tag:google.com,2005:reader/user/16267314425471380645/source/com.google/linktag:google.com,2005:reader/item/d3c5ac2f54420e452009-06-10T15:55:50Z2009-06-10T15:55:50ZBYU Independent Study (BYU IS) has launched its opencourseware pilot - http://ocw.byu.edu! University Courses Public Speaking (TMA 150) Personal Finance (BUSM 418) Cooking in the Home (SFL 110) High School Courses United States Government and Citizenship (GOVT 45) World Geography: The Forces...(author unknown)tag:google.com,2005:reader/user/16267314425471380645/source/com.google/linktag:google.com,2005:reader/item/c20bc58e2ecf0b7e2009-06-09T17:23:24Z2009-06-09T17:23:24ZBrigham Young University blocks YouTube, even though the site hosts an official Mormon video channel. The block could be coming to an end this summer, but don't think BYU is going soft: beard waivers and mixed-gender camping trip restrictions remain in effect.(author unknown)tag:google.com,2005:reader/user/16267314425471380645/source/com.google/linktag:google.com,2005:reader/item/602fc2f64fad78402009-06-09T15:26:04Z2009-06-09T15:26:04Z"You created a situation where you cannot be wrong," said the Montana Democrat. "If the economy loses two million jobs over the next few years, you can say yes, but it would've lost 5.5 million jobs. If we create a million jobs, you can say, well, it would have lost 2.5 million jobs. You've given...(author unknown)tag:google.com,2005:reader/user/16267314425471380645/source/com.google/link