Twitter @joe_woodyI’ve spent the last 3-4 months struggling through Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged. It’s not that I didn’t enjoy it; it was just the most laborious thing I’ve ever read. I bought a paperback copy of the book from a used bookstore somewhere here in Portland and stuck it on the shelf for a few months, [...]
A few weeks ago, I got into an Internet-version of a shouting match. I commented on a YouTube video, many people commented back, I responded, they responded… and this went on for pretty much the entire day. The argument dealt with global warming and other environmental issues. If you know me, you know where I [...]
I often get forwards in my email inbox dealing with political issues. Many of them are immediately disputed by a quick Google search, while others contain part of the truth without any context. However, I recently received one that really caught my eye. It was entitled Obama’s First Six Months’ Accomplishments and included 27 negative [...]
In this never-ending, childish debate over health care reform, something keeps striking me very odd. The “tea-party” protesters are saying that this is a sign that Obama and/or the government is taking over. In other words, socialism. Have any of them ever heard of the Patriot Act? Or the National Security Agency? After 9/11, the [...]
