Archive for October, 2004

My Pet Goat and the Trio of Rabbits:
What Osama, Moore, and Eminem Have in Common

If a man is defined by his enemies, then it speaks well of George W. Bush that three of his biggest detractors are Michael Moore, Eminem, and Osama Bin Laden. Although the three initially appear to be strikingly different, they share a remarkable number of similarities. All three are exorbitantly wealthy,...
October 31st, 2004 | Culture | Read More

The Weekend

Dear Joe, I am engaged to be married to my girlfriend of two years. But I’m also in love with someone else, who unfortunately is married. When I look at my fiance I think,
October 31st, 2004 | Ask Joe columns | Read More

Young Miss Pimp:
Pop Music and Female Teen Promiscuity

“I felt like I was in control,” said Heather, a 16-year-old describing how it felt the time she had sex on the same day with two different boys, neither of which was her boyfriend. “I felt like a player.” Fourteen-year-old Mia proudly explains how she uses flirting and dating...
October 28th, 2004 | Music | Read More

Obligations and HMX:
The Questions Raised by the

Sen. John Kerry has a new political campaign ad in which he criticizes President Bush for failing to secure 380 tons of explosives in Iraq. The script of the television ad
October 28th, 2004 | Global War on Terrorism | Read More

Stem Cell Research and Policy:
A Primer on the Issues

October 27th, 2004 | Stem Cell Research | Read More

Know Your Evangelicals:
Cal Thomas

Name: Cal Thomas Why you should know him: Thomas is America
October 27th, 2004 | Evangelicals | Read More

The (Paleo)Conservative Crack-Up

The Cold War between American conservatives
October 26th, 2004 | Conservative/Liberal | Read More

Little Green Controversy

October 26th, 2004 | Religion | Read More

The Only Poll That Counts

You talked your friends into registering to vote. You sent emails to your family reminding them of the important of casting a ballot. You
October 26th, 2004 | Politics | Read More

The Eichmann of Ethics:
The Wit and Wisdom of Peter Singer

Bespectacled, balding, and thin, the Australian scholar Peter Singer looks like a typical college professor. You would hardly expect someone so unassuming to be so controversial. You would never be able to tell simply by looking at him that he is one of the most dangerous men in America. But Singer...
October 26th, 2004 | Moral Philosophy | Read More