Necessary Roughness

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Archive for August, 2007

Mailbox: Voting in the Republican Primary?
Tuesday, August 21st, 2007

A reader emailed me why I hinted I would vote in the Republican primary when Republicans have joined the Democrats in spending this country into oblivion.
The simple answer is damage control. I don’t want the pro-gun control and pro-choice of Giulani, the tax-raising record of Huckabee, the amnesty and anti-free speech record of McCain, the [...]

Townhall.com has an op-ed by former Senator Jim Talent (R-MO) praising Mitt Romney for the universal health care program in Massachusetts. It’s an interesting read, but I have a couple of thoughts:
The redirection of money from “free care” facilities to health insurance does drive insurance prices higher. Subsidies increase demand. It’s still a net positive [...]

Stuck in Denver
Monday, August 20th, 2007

The plan was to save $550, fly in to Denver, and drive to Casper today.
At the time of this post my luggage is missing and will hopefully show up in an hour. I’m staying in the airport until it shows up. I imagine that it got lost in the unanticipated transfer of planes in Chicago-Midway. [...]

E-Voting Not Completely Secret
Monday, August 20th, 2007

CNet reports that two Ohio residents have demonstrated that they can determine who voted for what candidates, given the pollbook and the paper tape that comes out of voting machines that show what time someone voted.
Personally I’m not that concerned. Unless it’s a toss-up between two unknowns, or it’s the Republican primary, I think [...]

A Cool Moment
Sunday, August 19th, 2007

Saturday night my big four-year-old went up the stairs with her drink, her Eeyore doll, and her cow, and laid in bed. I tucked her in.
We said our prayers, and as I began the Evening Prayer from the Small Catechism, I drew a cross on her forehead. She immediately said that felt good, and [...]