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Summing Up The American Judicial System
Posted by Rational Dreamer in random thoughts on May 22nd, 2009
Just saw this in the comments section of another blog:
“If a conservative is a liberal who’s just been mugged, then a liberal is a conservative who’s just been arrested.”
Orson Scott Card Joins the National Organization for Marriage
Posted by Rational Dreamer in politics on April 22nd, 2009
Well that’s the final nail in the coffin. I remember discovering Card’s famous first novel, Ender’s Game, and being completely taken with it. On the strength of that and his other early efforts, I read all five books of his Homecoming Saga, the first few books of The Tales of Alvin Maker, and the sequels to Ender’s Game. I knew nothing of his religious or politics views, and since they didn’t seem to be influencing the quality or tone of his writing, I had no interest in finding out what they were.
But, as seems to happen with all too many authors, when they get a wee bit famous, they start injecting all kinds of personal views and prejudices into their stories. I guess they feel that they have earned that right, and I suspect that editors tend to have less control over the content and tenor of their prized authors’ later novels.
The Bias of Reality
Posted by Rational Dreamer in politics on April 17th, 2009
“Reality has a well known liberal bias.”
So sayeth the sharp-witted political wit, Comedy Central’s Stephen Colbert.
It is probably the most famous quotation to come out of his brilliant show, The Colbert Report, and it has the merit not only of being funny, but of having a large ring of truth about (or should I say “truthiness”?) too, at least it does in America.
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