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Intellectual Elitists See Red All Over By Richard Kirk Writing in The New York Times, author Gary Wills made this observation about the inhabitants of the nation he calls home: "Can a people that believes more fervently in the Virgin Birth than in evolution still be called an Enlightened nation?" Since the re-election of President George W. Bush, several members of the chattering class have complained about the boorishness of their fellow citizens. More specifically, they have bemoaned the voting habits of religiously motivated dolts -- that group whose moral convictions foster such civility as still exists in our country....

Archives Last modified Wednesday, June 30, 2004 11:01 PM PDT Shrugging off judicial tyranny By: RICHARD KIRK - For the North County Times Massachusetts, a commonwealth now governed by judicial junta, has joined three Canadian provinces, Belgium, and the Netherlands in legalizing marriages between adults of the same sex. A mere four judges have ruled that a domestic innovation recognized by only a tiny fraction of Western countries must become law in the Republic of Hyannis Port. The idea that citizens of the Bay State should have a say in defining the terms of a social institution that profoundly affects...

THE ODOR OF MUSICAL MENDACITY “The powerful...odor of mendacity” was what Big Daddy detected swirling around him in Tennessee Williams’ play, “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.” The smell would knock him off his feet were he standing downwind the nattily attired legal reps who’ve pressed music industry suits against the likes of Napster. Corporate execs and their culturally-challenged “artists” are more than a little peeved that their patrons have chosen to ignore (or to interpret liberally) laws designed to protect intellectual property. Too many adolescents weaned on the moral diet provided by punksters, hip-hoppers, metal freaks, rappers, and grungees...

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