With the election of Barack Obama to the presidency, the clamor for “social justice” is becoming louder. But what is “social justice?” All justice is social in nature. Absent a society of some sort, there can be neither justice nor injustice. Alone on a desert island, who is there to treat you unjustly, or justly, for […]
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Why McCain Lost
The presidential election just past was all about the economy, nothing else. The Iraq war, the Afghan war, terrorism — these were all but forgotten by most voters once the economy nosedived. But despite the economy (or because of it) John McCain could nonetheless have won. Unfortunately, he was too busy being John McCain. John McCain, […]
“Despite His Race”
On the morning after the election of Barack Obama, NBC TV coverage of the election noted: “Barack Obama won despite his race, not because of it.” I beg to differ. A Washington Post-ABC News national poll puts black support of Obama at 95%. In 2008, blacks made up 13% of voters, up from 2004’s 11%. Barack […]
An Obama Supreme Court
He really said it. If I hadn’t seen it myself, I’d have thought it was one of those deceptive Internet videos trying to discredit Barack Obama. But I saw him say it himself during coverage of a campaign stop a while back. Barack Obama said we need Supreme Court justices that have “the empathy to […]
NOTA in ’08
I really wish I could vote for NOTA — None Of The Above — in this presidential election.