http://WWW.thegantelope.COM/ Beating sense into the day's news en-us 2006-02-14T09:40:00-08:00 http://WWW.thegantelope.COM/archives/000471.html We're still looking for the right person for the most exciting job in the libertarian movement -- "Internet Content Manager" at the Cato Institute. Basically this is the person in charge of everything you see on our website. The editor... Miscellany Andrew Coulson 2006-02-14T09:40:00-08:00 http://WWW.thegantelope.COM/archives/000470.html Or rather, to this blog. It's the same old story, really. Boy meets blog, becomes infatuated, but then can't find the time to keep up the relationship. My increasing business is correlated with, and has culminated in, a move to... school choice Andrew Coulson 2005-12-04T10:07:20-08:00 http://WWW.thegantelope.COM/archives/000469.html With no further ado, here are my thoughts on "Serenity" Pros: - Beautifully choreographed martial arts scenes - Excellent photography of same - Several mild chuckles from the attempts at witty repartee that were not telegraphed or hackneyed Cons: -... Miscellany Deus Ex Macrame 2005-10-02T22:05:07-08:00 http://WWW.thegantelope.COM/archives/000468.html Since Andrew's been too busy to post for a while, I thought I'd chime in with a little film-related fare. Pre-screenings of the new flick Serenity are taking place around the country in the next few days, and yours truly... Miscellany Deus Ex Macrame 2005-09-24T15:06:19-08:00 http://WWW.thegantelope.COM/archives/000467.html Compare and contrast how two devout believers reacted to films they saw as heretical. One, Mohammed Bouyeri, slit the film-maker's throat and pinned a note to his chest with a dagger. The other, Sister Mary Michaels, staged a 12-hour prayer... Terrorism Andrew Coulson 2005-08-16T10:20:36-08:00 http://WWW.thegantelope.COM/archives/000466.html That's the question I answer (in the affirmative) in my latest commentary for the Mackinac Center. But I'm not talking about the union's sanity. To find out why the N-E-A is really an N-U-T, drop by the Center's website.... education reform Andrew Coulson 2005-07-25T11:32:27-08:00 http://WWW.thegantelope.COM/archives/000465.html The OED defines a terrorist as "any one who attempts to further his views by a system of coercive intimidation." Reuters, the CBC, and the BBC prefer not to use the word terrorist to describe people who systematically murder civilians... Terrorism Andrew Coulson 2005-07-23T08:22:43-08:00 http://WWW.thegantelope.COM/archives/000464.html In my latest commentary for the Mackinac Center I point out the harm done when state constitutions explicitly enshrine government monopoly school systems instead of leaving the implementation details of education policy to legislatures and the people. The idea was... school choice Andrew Coulson 2005-06-17T09:40:07-08:00 http://WWW.thegantelope.COM/archives/000463.html The Florida Supreme Court heard oral arguments last week in the case of Bush v. Holmes -- the final legal showdown for Florida's A+ school voucher program. A preliminary transcript was available here, but it was in ALL-CAPS and failed... school choice Andrew Coulson 2005-06-14T10:15:03-08:00 http://WWW.thegantelope.COM/archives/000462.html On the eve of last year's presidential election, I wrote a post explaining the difference between eloquence and intelligence. The point was to help the international Left understand that president Bush's tortured grammar is a poor guide to his mental... political commentary Andrew Coulson 2005-06-07T14:05:17-08:00 http://WWW.thegantelope.COM/archives/000461.html France's biggest beef with the U.S. decision to depose Saddam Hussein was that it was reached "unilaterally" -- where unilateral meant "without the consent of France, Germany, and, of course, Belgium." Given the putatively stalwart opposition of the French people... political commentary Andrew Coulson 2005-06-03T07:00:16-08:00 http://WWW.thegantelope.COM/archives/000460.html "Will charter schools eventually become as thoroughly unionized as traditional public schools?" That's the question I take on in my current Commentary piece at the Mackinac Center's website. Let's just say I'm not as optimistic as some folks on this... school choice Andrew Coulson 2005-05-26T09:41:06-08:00 http://WWW.thegantelope.COM/archives/000459.html Contemporary anti-Americanism is taking on the feel of pre-WWII anti-semitism. That's the conclusion I'm driven to after years of watching the rise of anti-Americanism in the international press, and after two stories I came across yesterday. The first was a... Social Commentary Andrew Coulson 2005-05-25T07:44:22-08:00 http://WWW.thegantelope.COM/archives/000458.html An excellent piece appears in the Wall Street Journal, today, pointing out the hypocrisy of Saudi Arabia's criticism of the recent Koran-in-toilet non-incident. I have one thing to add. Under Wahhabism, one of the greatest sins is idolatry, which is... religion Andrew Coulson 2005-05-20T09:38:48-08:00 http://WWW.thegantelope.COM/archives/000457.html In education markets, parents evaluate schools across a whole range of criteria, including such output quality measures as the fraction of their students that go on to good jobs or good colleges. In the abscence of that broad-based parental evaluation,... school choice Andrew Coulson 2005-05-15T21:27:59-08:00