Now they want Marco Rubio. Gary North poked fun at his State of the Union response. Many of the comments were unfriendly. On his subscription site, Dr. North noted today : It was a pathetic speech. It was maudlin. It pandered to welfare state voters. It invoked his relatives,… Read More
Rand Paul Endorses Filibuster of Chuck Hagel
Senator Rand Paul has told CNN that he considers it appropriate for the Senate to filibuster the Chuck Hagel nomination . I’m starting to have some doubts and my doubts are that if you’re going to run the Department of Defense, you really need to reveal if you’ve had financing… Read More
Potential Papal Candidates
This list of papal candidates seems reasonable. Far and away my two preferences would be Cardinal Albert Malcolm Ranjith of Sri Lanka, whom I have liked for a long time, and Cardinal Antonio Cañizares Llovera (and not just because he wrote the foreword to one of my books ). Both would be good news liturgically, especially Cardinal Ranjith. Naturally, though, both… Read More
Marco Rubio: The Guy GOPers Love
Here’s a sample of the eloquent and thoughtful Rubio (that’s sarcasm, fyi), with thanks to John Baeza.
The Reform of the Roman Liturgy
Happy Kids
Taking the Message to the Masses: Donate With Confidence!
Some people were wondering whether FreedomOnTour.com , where the Iowa GOP is promoting my tour of the state to speak directly to the public there, was a secure site. It was all along, but the https is now clearly apparent (click on the link, and you’ll… Read More
The Road Question, Yet Again
“Who will build the roads?” is the question that belongs at the top of every libertarian drinking game. If we didn’t have forced labor, the argument runs, there would be no roads. There’d be a Sears store over there, and your house over here, and… Read More
I Made a Mistake
Last week at an event in Cleveland, Texas, I distributed Liberty Classroom flyers containing a coupon code. I forgot that the code had been set to expire on January 31. D’oh. Thankfully, people wrote to tell me of the error. Coupon code LEARN is once again functional.… Read More
Apple Developing Wearable, Attachable Computing
From Apple Insider : “As rumors swirl over the potential for a so-called iWatch from Apple in the not-too-distant future, the company is secretly developing an entire wearable/attachable computing platform and ecosystem comprised of wireless sensing systems for monitoring not only sports activity, athletic training, medicine, fitness,… Read More