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Happiness Is a Warm Gun 2008-07-14 23:29:34 Mea culpa.Yes, my post about the slain Twinsburg officer focused on too small a sample size. I cherry picked. The post was intentionally biased, and meant to illustrate a point I deeply believe is accurate: concealed carry laws in general put the population at greater risk of harm by placing armed vigilantes in the role of law enforcement. The example was poor, and did not do a proper job of illus
On concealed carry laws 2008-07-14 22:42:15 Biased sample/spotlight fallacyIgnoratio elenchiNirvana/perfect solution fallacyCherry picking/anecdotal evidence fallacyHasty generalizationAll of these things apply to the argument that "because X improperly [used his concealed carry permit] to murder someone, [concealed carry permit] should not exist."The same type of fallacious reasoning can be applied to a whole host of things. Knives are not
Why We're All Liberals, and In Defense of Economic Populism 2008-07-14 21:08:40 The gentleman pictured above is one John Locke, widely seen as the founder of modern political liberalism. You may be questioning my assertion that we're all liberals. As Michael no doubt remembers from his political science courses at Vanderbilt, the term "liberalism" has only had its present political meaning since the last half of the 20th Century. While most of us have visions of Dennis Kucini Read more:Liberals
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The New Yorker and Shock Journalism 2008-07-14 21:03:12 You've no doubt read this week about The New Yorker
's provocative cover on its most recent edition. I'm choosing not to post it here (I'll discuss why below), but it shows Barack Obama in his fictional Oval Office, flanked by his afro-ed and machine gun toting wife and framed by a proudly displayed image of Osama Bin Laden and an American flag burning in the fireplace. They're giving each other a Read more:Shock
Concealed Carry's Natural Conclusion 2008-07-14 19:30:08 Despite what the U.S. Supreme Court (see the Heller decision, and the oral arguments in that case) and the Ohio Legislature (see the state's "concealed carry" law) would have you believe, the right to own and carry a gun is and should not be absolute.Why it's not: the 2nd Amendment provides only for ownership of guns as "necessary to maintain a well-regulated militia." State militias in the Consti Read more:Carry
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Why Leftist Economic Theory Doesn't Work 2008-07-12 20:51:46 I grew up in the middle class. I didn't always have everything I wanted, but I always had what I needed. I lived a comfortable life as a child, and was fortunate to grow up in a family that was also expanding its wealth as I got older. Now, I live a fairly bourgeois lifestyle, and I have no qualms about it whatsoever. My parents both came from blue collar families, worked their way through college Read more:Economic
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Dr. Phil Clarifies 2008-07-10 20:08:26 Sen. Phil Gramm, in an attempt to clarify his earlier misspeak, said he wasn't saying that we're a nation of whiners, our leaders are whiners.Uh, Phil? Last I checked, our leader (nominally, anyway) is still one George W. Bush. Pretty sure he's a Republican. From your home state.Brilliant.# # #As for demagoguery...A short Special Comment.*I don't practice it, as a rule. Until you have been t
Phil Gramm is right 2008-07-10 19:51:36 Yeah, for all of his virtues, John McCain has this habit of immediately pouncing on things like this and denouncing people. Unlike Obama, who flips and flops when it comes to such comments, McCain takes a stand and says that's not what he believes.But McCain is wrong and Gramm is right. This country is a nation full of whiners who want the best life possible with the least amount of work. That's j
Sen. McCain, Meet Your Wes Clark 2008-07-10 19:47:16 Sitting in my lair (yes, I have a lair), I knew this moment would come. Someone tangentially related to the McCain
Campaign would say something unbelievably stupid, and I'd have a shot at vengeance for the overzealous reporting of Gen. Wesley Clark
's comments earlier this month. So, to paraphrase Ed McMahon, "Heeeeere's Phil!"Can't feed your kids or pay your bills? Sen. Phil Gramm thinks you're a
It's Fair Week in Logan County... 2008-07-10 12:41:38 And the newest Ohio Politics Carnival, #125, is up.-of-politics-125-ode-to-blog.htmlHappy surfing! (And get an Elephant Ear for me...) Read more:Logan
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Too young? Too old? 2008-07-08 23:10:34 Some contend Barack Obama is too young
to be president. At 47 he would be sworn in, becoming one of the youngest presidents in our nation's history.Some contend John McCain is too old to be president. At 72 when sworn in, he would be the oldest president in our nation's history at the time of his first inauguration.I say both of these criticisms, while having some merit, are really not too trouble
Charlotte's Webb: "Nope" 2008-07-07 14:42:55 According to The Hill, the candidate this blogger felt was the Dems best choice for Vice President, Sen. Jim Webb (D-Va.), is out. So much for this installment of the Vice President Preview Series.Webb's statement this afternoon:"Last week I communicated to Sen. Obama and his presidential campaign my firm intention to remain in the United States Senate, where I believe I am b est equipped to serv Read more:Charlotte
Adam Brannon: Bellefontaine's Boy Mayor 2008-07-07 13:31:08 BUCKEYE PUNDITEERS EXCLUSIVE!I grew up a lonely Democrat in very red Logan County, near a town of about 13,000 called Bellefontaine. So, as you can imagine, I was quite shocked to wake up one morning in early November 2007 and find that a Democrat had won the race for my hometown's mayoral seat from an incumbent Republican. More shocking still, this brave Democrat, this maverick soul in Ohio's Bib Read more:Mayor
A great site for election nerds 2008-07-03 22:40:07 If you're reading this blog, chances are you are an election nerd, like me.I just discovered this awesome site: Read more:nerds
Today (Ok, Tomorrow), We Celebrate Our Independence Day. 2008-07-03 08:11:28 The Unanimous Declaration of the Thirteen United States of AmericaWhen, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and of nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind require Read more:Today
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Clark's comments not atypical 2008-07-02 14:14:18 In response to Bradley:Clark
is but one of multiple high-profile Democrats connected to Obama who have attack John McCain's record of service. Trying to pass this off as if Clark is the first and only person to do so is disingenuous.Furthermore, Bush wasn't a war-hero. Courage and character demonstrated by five years in captivity are exactly the kind of qualities I want in a president - not someon
Step Right Up! Step Right Up! 2008-07-02 14:10:04 The Carnival's in town!Buckeye Punditeers gets some blog press in The Carnival of Ohio Politics #124. For those who don't know, the Carnival takes submissions from political blogs around the state, and publishes select articles each week.We encourage you to wander over and check it out...and to tell your friends and neighbors! Read more:Right
Debunkifying Clark Commentary 2008-07-02 13:54:10 1. Clark
, like Lee Harvey Oswald, acted alone. Conspiracy theorists (and the GOP) may want Obama to have given the green light to this, but he's repeatedly rejected the statement. And Wes probably cost himself a place on the short list with this.2. Clark didn't attack McCain's war service; he attacked its relevance to being President. No one disputes that John McCain is an American hero who l
A Kennedy Love/Hate Relationship 2008-07-02 13:50:25 Thanks Tony! You got Heller right!Screw you Tony! You got Kennedy
wrong.Probably the only major decision joined by Justice Kennedy, with which I've disagreed, is Planned Parenthood v. Casey. Generally, I've found Justice Kennedy's decisions to be pretty fair and well-reasoned. But I am not an ardent follower of "strict constructionism," and don't consider Scalia to be my omgzbffefavjusticeeva! lik Read more:Relationship
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Being a Community Organizer is a Qualification? 2008-07-02 13:49:50 I apologize in advance for what may become a rant against Barack Obama. But I need to get it out of my system.How dare he.How dare he send surrogates out there to slime John McCain. It is patently absurd to attack a war hero like this. And this isn't a war "hero" whose heroics are questionable. This guy spent five years in the Hanoi Hilton, tied up by his arms, tortured, and when offered a chance Read more:Organizer
Courting Parity 2008-07-01 14:37:47 What's wrong with this picture?Leaving aside the age and race questions apparent here, if you answered A) THEY'RE ALL REPUBLICANS, you'd win our boobie prize. With a current majority of 7-0, no current branch of our state government is less representative of this purplish state than our Deep Red Supreme Court.Famous U.S. statesman (and Southern hero) John C. Calhoun once said "The Government of th
Hit the Ball, Nancy! 2008-07-01 14:34:23 DICLAIMER: Nancy
H. Rogers served as Dean of The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law before taking on the task of cleaning up after Marc Dann. Michael and I attend there. Deal.I golf. Often, while on the green, my friends like to exhort me to be a little more aggressive with a cry hauting duffers dreams the world over. I don't get to reciprocate very often, so I'm glad the Dispatch is
Children and Rape and Guns, Oh My! 2008-06-27 00:55:26 This week, the U.S. Supreme Court decided two very important cases, both by votes of 5-4, and as law students who happen to be politicos, it would be a disservice for Michael and I to allow this moment to pass without comment. Kennedy v. LouisianaThe first of these, Kennedy v. Louisiana, was a challenge by two child rapists of their death sentences under a Louisiana law making child rape a capital Read more:Children
He Grew Up In An Indiana Town 2008-06-26 12:15:11 Above: Sen. Evan Bayh (D-IN) in his Washington, D.C. office in August 2007. Photo courtesy of www.nytimes.com. Not sure if he had a "good looking momma, who never was around" (thank you, Tom Petty), but the second of our profiles of potential running mates for the Anointed Illinoisan focuses on the junior senator from Ohio's Hoosier neighbor.Name: Birch Evans Bayh III (a.k.a. Evan Bayh)Age: 52Res Read more:Indiana
Barack Obama: meet Piyush Jindal 2008-06-25 19:15:03 Hey, we've got a skinny young guy with a funny sounding name too!Bobby Jindal
(Piyush Jindal at birth) is the current Governor of Louisiana. He is the youngest governor in the country, the first Republican to serve in that position since I was born in 1984, and America's first Indian-American governor. At age 37, Bobby Jindal has more experience than BarackObama
does at 46. Why is that? He's serv Read more:Barack Obama
Before Michael Gets To It... 2008-07-30 10:16:03 About this quote from Obama, where he claims he's "become a symbol of the possibility of America returning to our best traditions"...In its full context, it sounds a lot less audacious:"It has become increasingly clear in my travel, the campaign, that the crowds, the enthusiasm, 200,000 people in Berlin, is not about me at all. I have just become a symbol..."Thanks to MSNBC's FirstRead for that. Read more:Michael
Attempting to Dispatch Kilroy in OH-15 2008-07-30 09:43:25 If Mary Jo Kilroy doesn't win the race in the Ohio 15th Congressional District this fall, she will not have lost the race to Republican opponent State Senator Steve Stivers. No, friends, if Mary Jo Kilroy loses, she will have been dispatched by, well, The Dispatch
.I'm not saying here that Mary Jo should necessarily win this race in a walk. After all, this is a seat that has been held by the 4th
Quick Observation on Obama's trip 2008-07-25 23:25:32 Who does this guy think he is?It's one thing for a President to be speaking overseas in such a setting. But Obama
already thinks he is President, doesn't he?On another note - who do you think he's going to choose to be his VP? Personally, my thoughts are it'll be either Jimmy Carter or Michael Jackson.With credit to NRO for pointing me to this - doesn't it remind you of an Obama speech? Read more:Quick
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The Education Governor? 2008-07-23 18:33:56 First, let me say this: Gov. Ted Strickland is perhaps the shrewdest Ohio politician I've seen in my life. His ability to weather a terrible economy without so much as a scrape on his approval ratings, and his deft handling of the Marc Dann scandal, demonstrate a political acumen I frankly hadn't expected from the man I met in a Garrettsville diner four years ago.That said, the biggest hold in The Read more:Education
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Love Child? Never Meant to Be 2008-07-23 12:02:49 Your faithful bloggers here at Buckeye Punditeers have two words to describe the "breaking news" regarding John Edwards and his alleged love child: National Enquirer.Is it really such a slow news day that the Drudge headline needs to focus on something this blatantly questionable and unsourced? If we're dragging the name of a man who has dedicated his life to serving the less fortunate through t
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