stallioncornell

Ihereby withdraw my contention that Abraham Lincoln was a great conservative. POUNDS makes too many good points for me to be able to defend that contention, although I will say that I don’t think Lincoln fits today’s definition of liberal, either. The guy was an aggressive militarist whose suspension of habeas corpus for U.S. citizens ... Read more

POUNDS,in yesterday's comments, noticed that I had limited the definition of conservatism to primarily economic factors. He's right; I consciously limited it to economics, not because that's the sum total of conservatism, but rather because it was the easiest way to set a working definition. My point was that naming great conservatives is easier to ... Read more

POUNDSand law geek have been battling it out in the last thread, and I invite all those interested in a bright argument to review those exchanges. POUNDS, I should have you know that I’ve promised law geek that I will appoint him Chief Justice of the Supreme Court just as soon as I’m elected president, ... Read more

Oh,my stars and garters. We hatemongers get quite a lampooning with this one! Get ready to chortle, 'cause it's time for Proposition 8: The Musical! What always amazes me with things like this is just how mindless they are. Do they really believe this is how religious people think and behave? The answer is yes. ... Read more

SoI have a million things to do. I have a job assignment due on Friday, and several big projects in the pipeline. But I spent all day today trying to finish my book. And that is a very, very good thing. When I started this blog, it was supposed to be a tool to keep ... Read more

POUNDS’questions from my last entry got me reminiscing about my many academic sins, and I now regret accusing my Driver’s Ed teacher of being a lush. True, he had that reputation, so I ran with it in the previous post, but I have no proof that such was the case. All I know was that ... Read more

SoI didn’t post my novel this weekend. I’m actually ambivalent about continuing to post it, as many folks are not interested, and those that are ought to be reading it all the way through, because this disjointed posting is leaving people more confused than they should be. So I’m going to focus on finishing a ... Read more

Iapologize for the sporadicism of my narcissistic blogging. We've got grundles of family coming into town for Thanksgiving, and between work and housecleaning, Mrs. Cornell would have my head on a stick if I blogged any more than is absolutely necessary - and since no blogging is absolutely necessary, that settles that. I want to ... Read more

Thosewho are reading my book and have not yet commented on 5.2 - meaning everyone but thursowick - PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE give me what for. These comments are more helpful than you know. I eagerly await your reviews. Reviewing things is fun to do, anyway, isn't it? Which is why I have prepared a series ... Read more

Davidhad kept the taxi waiting as he knocked on his mother’s front door. She hadn’t answered, which came as a disappointment but no real surprise. She hadn’t answered her phone either, and David had no idea where she was. He now had nowhere else to go but home. So he climbed into the back seat ... Read more