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Great writing

About great writing. "In every piece of work, at one juncture or another, a writer has the choice of doing something weird or something true. The lesser writer will haul up the moon." Hear, hear!

Not facing the music

Normally, I reject the argument that suicide is an act of cowardice, or morally blameworthy because it's "taking the easy way out." But it's hard to draw any other conclusion from this case.

Tom Fogerty: "Joyful Resurrection"

For many years, Creedence Clearwater Revival has been my favorite group. I knew that Tom Fogerty, the band's rhytm guitarist and brother of singer John Fogerty, had released some solo albums after leaving the group in 1971. But I'd listened to one of these albums--the unbearably awful Sidekicks--and then never tried it again. Until this week, when I found a copy of his 1972 album Zephyr National, and was very pleasantly surprised, especially by how much his voice sounds like his brother's. In fact, this song, "Joyful Resurrection," features the personnel of the original band--Stu Cook on bass, Doug Clifford on drums, and John Fogerty on lead guitar. Close your eyes and you'd swear it was a late CCR song.

Would Americans vote for an atheist for president?

A new poll says a majority would. I find this extremely difficult to believe, and even if true, I tend to be pessimistic: I suspect it proves only how deeply entrenched moral relativism is in our society.

What could possibly be better than The Skeptical Libertarian?

Their fantastic takedown of Tom Woods.

RIP Sally Ride

Only 61 years old.

Ayn Rand on Johnny Carson

Very exciting: here are some excellent excerpts from the Johnny Carson interview of Ayn Rand.

Warren Jeffs, job-creator

What a Nimrod.

"Must be a king"

"Why?"

"Because he's wearing man-panties."

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Vandalism at the Sacramento Shakespeare Festival

Sadly, thugs broke in and stole expensive equipment from the Sacramento Shakespeare Festival last night. They are promising that perfomances will continue, but it's sad that this fine organization now has to make up for this loss.