On the other hand, every time the Red Sox win the World Series, another technology becomes viable. In 2004, the Red Sox won and Facebook was founded. In 2007, the Red Sox won and Kindle was released. Next time the Red Sox win, I expect to see fusion-powered air cars.

I think of environmentalists as restrictionists ... and vice versa. (This is not intended to be favorable to either group.)

I'm reminded of the way Tom Lehrer wrote minimum in "The Professor's Song".

Didn't he used to be sane?

The common atheist theory that religious ideas simply reflect the way we evolved instead of the nature of reality doesn't make much sense. I see no reason why something that evolved would not reflect reality and it stands to reason that something evolved, something that helps us survive, would be more likely to reflect reality. Vision evolved and it reflects reality.

Shouldn't something like this be done in LaTeX?

I noticed this is much weaker than the last two correlations.

My guess: $75,000 is the dividing line between neighbors of abortionists and non-neighbors.

We may see a reversal when a pre-natal test for Asperger's is developed.

Do human beings have rights only as members of society or are rights inherent in the nature of human beings?

Affirmative action is based on the theory that if a people have been kept in chains, it is unfair for them to do any physical therapy.

According to "The Two Ronnies" there's a firm in Baden Baden Baden Baden that can prevent such typos.

"The nation that makes a great distinction between its scholars and its warriors will have its thinking done by cowards and its fighting done by fools." --- Thucydides He was almost right. He should have added that the thinking will also be done by fools.

I got 9/10 on the quiz.

Leftists do not believe in individuals. I don't mean that they distrust individuals the way an traditional conservative would; I mean they do not believe individuals are effective or important. This theory leads to the following conclusions: If someone is not going along with a group (The People) then he/she must be following another group---usually The Establishment. Classical liberalism (which defended individual rights against The Establishment) must have been about strengthening the rights of The People to kick individuals around. Anyone opposed to that obviously would have opposed the American Revolution and the abolitionists. (This explains why liberals---who think of themselves as nonconformists---are so eager to claim to be mainstream.) If The People agree with The Establishment they are not acting in accordance with their true nature and can be disregarded. If 90% of The People believe in family values, the work ethic, religion, etc. (Establishment values) and 10% don't, the 10% are the real mainstream of The People. (Traditional conservatives think that liberal "nonconformists" understand nonconformity and are seeking it. I doubt it. Liberal nonconformists are not true nonconformists; they are alternate conformists.)

From a conservative standpoint, you can think of libertarianism as a way to keep people with no common sense from being socialists. (Yes, I am speaking for myself.) From a libertarian standpoint, you can think of conservatism as a way to keep collectivists from being socialists.

"Everything not forbidden is compulsory." --- T. H. White (while describing the worldview of an ant)

Can you sue yourself?

Well... I suspect most people (outside academia) following Rawls don't know it but people following Rand do know it.

I'd like to see a study of brain scans of judges. If brain scans lead to a more tolerant attitude, will that include a tolerant attitude toward harsh sentencing?

"The only way to avoid cronyism is to avoid regulation - and nobody wants this." ???? I thought of the preceding part of this post as a defense of anarcho-capitalism.

He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither, and raising the conditions of new Appropriations of Lands.

In LeftWorld, food is not a necessity.

Didn't the food dictators also ban foie gras? They're classless ... in more ways than one.

Now I feel like a cannibal for having one of these cute critters au gratin.