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A Quick Note

First off, I apologize to Oso up front if this is an inappropriate way to notify guests. Feel free to remove this if I have overstepped my bounds. To everybody else, I just want to note that there has been a change in plans. I had originally suggested to make our next...

A Case for Choice

This is the fourth time I've started writing my thoughts about the abortion debate. The other three times? My arguments all had flaws or contradictions. I've learned a lot this past week. Besides all the thoughtful comments that followed HispanicPundit's post, I've...

Coffee Notes – 11/11/04

I'm going to keep my coffee notes (shamelessly ripped off from Dave Winer) going even while we talk with HP for a couple reasons. For one, there's other stuff besides politics that I want to jot down while I do my coffee thing (I'm down to only one refill). And...

Abortion And ‘Might Makes Right’

Oso suggested I start off with abortion, so my first topic on abortion will be one of my favorite quotes from Alan Keyes1. For those of you that don't know who Alan Keyes is, he is an African American Republican who ran for president in 2000. If memory serves me...

Hello Everyone

First, I'd like to thank Oso for the kind words and for giving me the opportunity to come on here. I have been reading some of your comments, and previous posts, and have quickly realized that I am going to be dealing with a very intelligent and well-informed group of...

Pleased to Introduce …

I'd like to welcome our Republican guest blogger HispanicPundit from hispanicpundit.com. I will let him introduce himself and how he came to his political views, but I want to explain how I first came across his blog. I believe I found this post via Latino Pundit and...