Name: Dan Miller
Dateline: El Banco, Panama
Weblog: blogcritics.org
Articles: 38
First Published: Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Last Published: Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Dan was graduated from Yale University in 1963 and from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1966. He practiced law in Washington, D.C., retiring in 1996 to sail with his wife in the Caribbean. They settled in a rural area in Panama in 2001. Dan spends most of his time training and riding horses and trying to write a bit. In the interest of full disclosure, unless something unanticipated happens, he intends to vote this year for Senator McCain and Governor Palin.
Currently listing articles 38-1:
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Satire: Speaker Pelosi Will Moderate the Thursday Debate Between Governor Palin and Senator Biden— The political debates are fun. Let's all watch the Biden/Palin debate.
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Should the Presidential Debates Go Forward As Scheduled On 26 September?— The Presidential Debate should be postponed, briefly, to permit the candidates to participate in resolution of the financial crisis.
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What's All This Stuff About Racism And Sexism?— Racism and sexism are perverse, regardless of whose ox is being gored. They are not likely to disappear soon.
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Is An Ivy League Education Really Important? — Success at a prestigious university is not a bad thing. Nor should it determine for whom we vote.
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Is Senator Obama About to Implode or Has He Already Done So? — Senator Obama is worried. He should be. However, he is not reacting as many of us would wish a president to react.
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Religion and Politics— When you consider for whom to vote, let your conscience be your guide. That's the best advice I can offer.
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Senator Biden Favors Liberal Abortion Rights, and Governor Palin Would Make All Abortions Illegal?— Abortion is a faux, but hot button, issue, and both parties are exploiting it to the hilt.
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Why is Abortion an Issue in the Presidential Race? — The President has very little control over the legality of abortion. It should not be a significant campaign issue.
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What Do We Want in a President and Can We Get it?— We need to consider what we really want in a President, and whether getting it is possible.
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Politics, Thy Name is Hubris— Hubris is a sin, which leads many to become politicians and helps many of them to fail.
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Texas Defies President Bush, Executes Foreign Nationals for Child Rape, Murder — Those who are distressed by President Bush's overstepping Constitutional limitations should not be distressed about the recent executions in Texas.
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What, If Anything, Are Russia, Venezuela, and Cuba Up To?— Is it only a coincidence that Cuba and Venezuela simultaneously offered Russia military access to their homelands? Or did they?
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Did Kennedy Promise A Cuban Invasion During the 1960 Kennedy-Nixon Debate?— During his 1960 campaign, Senator Kennedy promised to help Cuban exiles overthrow Castro. Did he mean to hold a bake sale?
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Senator Obama Ain't No John F. Kennedy — Really?
— All presidential aspirants, like the rest of us, need role models. Is JFK the correct one for Senator Obama?
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Senator McCain's Conservative Role Model is...The Envelope, Please...— Senator McCain has named Theodore Roosevelt as his conservative role model. Is that an appropriate choice?
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Rant: Useful Idiots Are, Well, Useful — Useful Idiots perform a function in society: they make us angry. That is a good thing.
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Neither a White Uniform Nor a Black Skin a President Makes— It would be no worse to vote for than against Senator Obama because he is Black.
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The Supreme Court's Fat Cat Decision Is OK— Elite Fat Cats who run for office must be treated no differently than "poor" but famous people. That is a good thing.
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The Supreme Court (Five to Four) Says That The Answer is Blowin' in the Wind — The decision declaring the death penalty unconstitutional where rape did not cause, and was not intended to cause, a child’s death, is a travesty.
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The Fairness Doctrine— The fairness doctrine, like buggy whip manufacture, had its place. Reinstatement of it would stifle expression and result in blandness.
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The Rules Against, and Condemnation of, Hate Speech Must be Expanded and Vigorously Applied— Let us all be nice to one another; it is the good and proper way to be.
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Was the Supreme Court's Guantanamo Decision One of the "Worst in History?"— The Supreme Court's decision in the Gitmo case is, at best, incomprehensible and at worst even worse.
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Quo Vadis? II— We have a number of big problems, and no candidate seems prepared to deal with the most important of them.
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Quo Vadis?
— Black Liberation Theology is likely to play a crucial part in the general election campaign, and it should.
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Where is Winston Churchill When We Need Him?— In time of war, unity within a country and among her allies is essential. It is now sadly missing
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Marriage Between Homosexuals— The California decision rejecting a law defining marriage as between a man and a woman is fraught with unintended consequences.
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Churches and Other Voluntary Societies— The views of politicians and the teachings of their churches may be important, but are they always sincere?
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Universal Health Care — A Modest Proposal— "Perfection is the worst enemy of the merely excellent." The U.S. should evaluate what "free" health care is worthwhile.
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Is The Reverend Mr. Wrong Right About Something?— Maybe The Reverend Mr. Wrong is right, at least about something, and maybe we need to think a bit more about the causes of anger;
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What's Not to Understand About Politics?— Democrats and Republicans are easy to understand; you just need to know how the system works.
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Satire: Abandon Hope, All Ye Who Enter the Temple of Man Made Global Warming!— Humankind is the true culprit behind global warming and must be sacrificed to save Mother Earth.
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Do We No Longer Have Great Leaders, and If Not, Why Not?— History embellishes with abandon the greatness of leaders. How will historians find worthy candidates within in our present crop?
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Condescension or The Simple Truth?— Were Senator Obama's recent rust belt comments an inadvertent shot in the foot, or evidence of something more important?
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The Olympic Games in China: A Blessing Or A Curse - And For Whom— The protests accompanying the torch lighting-bearing ceremony may force China's hand in remaining stable on the "J Curve."
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Clinton, Obama, and McCain: One of Them Is Almost Certain To Be Elected - Why?— The present candidates lack important qualities possessed by some of our better presidents. We should wonder why and maybe do better.
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Senator Clinton Will Be The Next President, Because She Has Found Great Favor With God
— God loves Hillary because she is the most amusing candidate in the most amusing party. Hillary will win!
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The Government is Too Damn Big, Slow, Inefficient, and Intrusive— There are some problems with Government which are unlikely to be fixed.
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Words, Words, Words! I'm So Sick of Words!— Words are more useful if they have accepted meanings. Some words used in politics, like Liberal, should be retired.
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