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A Matter of Originalism: Part 2

August 5, 2009 | By: Mr. MacIan
Filed Under: Law, Philosophy
Last month, I pointed out an interesting aspect of Judge (and soon to be Justice) Sotomayor’s defense to her statement that she “would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn’t lived that life.” She defended [...]
August 5, 2009 | Mr. MacIan | 1 Comment

Paging Doctor Horton

July 23, 2009 | By: Mr. MacIan
Filed Under: Other
Hey, Doctor Horton: Did you unnecessarily remove anyone’s tonsils today?
July 23, 2009 | Mr. MacIan | 1 Comment

How to Block Annoying Internet Ads

June 10, 2009 | By: Mr. MacIan
Filed Under: Other
I find most advertisements on the internet to be annoying. A few tactful advertisements here or there on a website would not bother me so much. However, many advertisements are not tactful, and many websites have too many ads. Can anything be done to reduce, or even eliminate, the number of advertisements one sees when [...]
June 10, 2009 | Mr. MacIan | 1 Comment

Matters of Truth Site Design

June 4, 2009 | By: Mr. MacIan
Filed Under: Other
We have been working hard on a new site design. We are not professional web designers, nor do we have the money to hire professional web developers. Thus, there are sure to be some bugs. Probably many bugs. We will squash them when we find them, but we are not likely to find them on [...]
June 4, 2009 | Mr. MacIan | Leave a comment

Piper on Twitter

June 3, 2009 | By: Mr. MacIan
Filed Under: Other
John Piper addresses whether we should use twitter, and if so, how should we use it? I find Twitter to be a kind of taunt: “Okay, truth-lover, see what you can do with 140 characters! You say your mission is to spread a passion for the supremacy of God in all things! Well, this is [...]
June 3, 2009 | Mr. MacIan | Leave a comment

Merely Reporting the Facts, or Leading Us to a Conclusion?

January 31, 2009 | By: Mr. MacIan
Filed Under: Other
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,485924,00.html Reports are circulating that cast an unflattering light on the miracle mom who gave birth to octuplets in California Monday.
January 31, 2009 | Mr. MacIan | 1 Comment

Hating Huckabee

April 9, 2008 | By: Mr. MacIan
Filed Under: Politics
Having noticed yesterday that Mike Huckabee has a new website launch on the horizon, I casually wondered what was being planned. Evidently the folks at Hotair, a conservative website that I frequent, could not pass on the opportunity to speculate as to what the cryptic title “Coming Soon” means. It is no secret that many [...]
April 9, 2008 | Mr. MacIan | 5 Comments

A Call to Sanity: John McCain’s Straight Talk is Double Talk

March 31, 2008 | By: Mr. MacIan
Filed Under: Politics
Dr. James Dobson was on Hannity and Colmes last night (3.30.2008), and he was asked whether he would participate in the elections this November. The question was likely prompted by Dobson’s quite vocal dissent against a John McCain Presidency. Dr. Dobson said that he hoped that “we won’t get stuck” with McCain, citing, among other [...]
March 31, 2008 | Mr. MacIan | Leave a comment

G. K. Chesterton: On Relativism

March 27, 2008 | By: Mr. MacIan
Filed Under: Philosophy
An imbecile habit has arisen in modern controversy of saying that such and such a creed can be held in one age but cannot be held in another.  Some dogma, we are told, was credible in the twelfth century, but is not credible in the twentieth.  You might as well say that a certain philosophy [...]
March 27, 2008 | Mr. MacIan | Leave a comment

New York Governor Linked to Prostitution Ring

March 10, 2008 | By: Mr. MacIan
Filed Under: Culture, Other
News is breaking that New York’s Governor, Elliot Spitzer, has been caught on a federal wiretap arranging to meet with a high-priced prostitute. Before becoming Governor, Spitzer previously served as New York’s Attorney General for eight years. As a person who is currently in the process of applying to law school, I have been frustrated [...]
March 10, 2008 | Mr. MacIan | Leave a comment