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Author Archives: Sean Patrick Hazlett
Race to the Bottom: Superman Versus Captain America
“I’m tired of having my actions construed as instruments of U.S. policy.” — Superman So much for truth, justice, and the American way. Recently, two American cultural icons have turned their back on America to varying degrees. In January 2010, … Continue reading
Mental Masturbation
According to one of the definitions in the Urban Dictionary, mental masturbation is: “The act of engaging in impractical/nonproductive mental exercise/thinkings/writings through which a practitioner only comforts oneself mentally. Such acts don’t lead to any constructive results what so ever in … Continue reading
More Nerd Humor from Climate Scientists
The above video is a humorous little ditty (warning: some profanity) about climate change that I discovered via Joel Makower’s Twitter feed. In my opinion, the nerds in this video push the evidence for the anthropogenic causes of climate change a bit … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Climate Change, Finance and Economics, Humor, International Security, Media, Policy, Politics, Science
Tagged Climate change, Climate scientists, nerd humor
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More Posts Generate More Page Views: Ten Lessons From Four Months of Blogging (Part II)
One of the first goals of any successful blog is to find ways of driving traffic to one’s site. It is all about getting attention. One of the most obvious initial lessons about blogging is that the higher the cumulative number … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Business, Education, Mathematics, Media, Predictions, Writing
Tagged Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, Quora, Technorati, Twitter, Yahoo!
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My Favorite Governor
There are very few politicians who tell it like it is. However, the rare politician who does, can be a godsend. Governor Chris Christie is one of those politicians. I just wish he would run for President. I wanted to … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Finance and Economics, Policy, Politics, Taxes, Unions
Tagged Governor Christie, Harvard School of Education, New Jersey
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Bin Laden Family Demands Obama Pound of Flesh
“Failure to answer these questions will force us to go to International forum for justice such as International Criminal Court and International Court of Justice and UN must take notice of the violation of international law and assist us to … Continue reading
Posted in Central Asia, Defense, Energy Security, International Security, Middle East, Policy, Politics, Terrorism, War
Tagged Osama bin Laden, Osama bin Laden death
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Afghan Strategic Review Appropriate in Wake of Bin Laden Death
On Tuesday, Senators John Kerry (D) and Richard Lugar (R) suggested that the President review the Afghan War effort in light of bin Laden’s death. I think the Senators’ suggestion is an appropriate one.
Born Fighting: Entertaining Account of How Scots-Irish Shaped America
Born Fighting: How the Scots-Irish Shaped America is Senator Jim Webb’s historical account of how the Scots-Irish ethnic group has strongly influenced the American character. It provides a comprehensive history starting as far back as the Celtic migration from Central Europe to the … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Defense, Media, Policy, Politics, War
Tagged Book review, Conservatives, Democrats, Republicans
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Another Data Point Against Obamacare
“The medical marketplace has really become dominated by the large national carriers…It’s really because it’s not anywhere we feel we can compete effectively.” — Richard Jones, Guardian Life Insurance spokesman Last week I received a letter from my former healthcare … Continue reading
Obama’s National Mileage Tax Is a Bad Idea
The Obama Administration has recently floated the idea of a national mileage tax. The government would install electronic tracking equipment in vehicles to determine how many miles drivers traveled, and drivers would pay the tax electronically at gas stations. The President … Continue reading
Reflections of a Rational Republican 