The American Conservative Youth Union

Tuesday, 28 February 2006, 20:58 | Category : Uncategorized
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You may have noticed that I have not posted in awhile. Well, I have been designing and working with Andy Nevis on a new website called the American Conservative Youth Union, or ACYU.
The ACYU is a blog/website with content written entirely by conservative youth age 13-21. It is just getting started, but already [...]

Doctors Refuse to Assist Execution

Wednesday, 22 February 2006, 13:42 | Category : Death Penalty
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From the Times Online:
The execution of a Californian man was postponed at the last minute yesterday after two court-appointed doctors refused to help to administer the lethal injection, a move that reignited America’s death penalty debate.
Michael Morales, who has been on death row since 1983 for the rape and murder of a teenage girl, was [...]

Bryant Gumble Speaks Out

Saturday, 18 February 2006, 9:59 | Category : Race Issues
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In the show “Real Sports”, Bryant Gumble ended the program with the following:
“Finally, tonight, the Winter Games. Count me among those who don’t care about them and won’t watch them. In fact, I figure that when Thomas Paine said that “these are the times that try men’s souls,” he must’ve been talking about the start [...]

Bush’s “Outreach”

Thursday, 9 February 2006, 22:05 | Category : Race Issues
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On Tuesday, February 7th, we recognized the passing of Coretta Scott King. Now, I didn’t get to actually see the funeral, but I saw clips of it on the evening news. The theme seemed to be that Bush is attempting to “reach out to blacks.” The news report was very similar to this [...]

California High School Exit Exam

Wednesday, 8 February 2006, 20:49 | Category : Education
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In the past two days, I have been taking the California Exit Exam. On Tuesday, all sophomores (and the juniors and seniors who have not yet passed) took the English portion of the test. It was very, very easy. Most of it was reading a passage and answering questions on it, such as [...]

Politically Incorrect Science- “Virtue of Radiation”?

Thursday, 2 February 2006, 22:47 | Category : Nuclear Power
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My dad got “The Politically Incorrect Guide to Science” for Christmas. I just read it, and I found it very interesting, so I thought I would start a series of posts on it. One particularly interesting section was on radiation, nuclear power, and hormesis. I will attempt to outline the argument.
Our nation’s policies [...]