Category Archives: Rhetoric

Farming: Punching calves

Posted on 19 March 2012 by dlhitzeman

I think it’s funny that one of the terms for handling cattle is “punching”. It seems like a kind of inside joke among cattle people about the arduous nature of the task of physically handling cattle during those times when they have to be moved, sorted, tagged, or banded. I punched a bunch of calves […] Continue reading →

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A meditation on King Obama…

Posted on 27 January 2012 by dlhitzeman

… thoughtfully provided by Chris Muir of the Day by Day Cartoon:  

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No, no I’m not a rationalist

Posted on 12 June 2010 by dlhitzeman

A continued popular thread around the internet is the self-declared righteousness of so-called rationalists: that is, people who believe that everything in the universe and outside of it can be explained only by empirical observation that accumulates facts that then, … Continue reading →

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The history of libertarian patriotism

Posted on 6 June 2010 by dlhitzeman

The fourth verse of The Star Spangled Banner, circa 1814 by Francis Scott Key: Oh! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand Between their loved homes and the war’s desolation! Blest with victory and peace, may the heaven-rescued land … Continue reading →

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A prize does not bring peace

Posted on 9 October 2009 by dlhitzeman

There will be a lot of people who want to use the Nobel Committee’s awarding of the Peace Prize to Barack Obama as proof of something. Those who support Obama will claim that it is an award that proves Obama’s … Continue reading →

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