http://www.flynnfiles.com/ en-us 2008-07-02T10:21:19-05:00 http://www.flynnfiles.com/archives/american_scene2008/happy_real_independence_day.html Happy real Independence Day! On this date in 1776, the American colonists seceded from the British Empire. Who can say for sure why people several hundred years ago did what they did? Nevertheless, the best historians contend that their bold... american scene danflynn 2008-07-02T10:21:19-05:00 http://www.flynnfiles.com/archives/world_events2008/zimbabwe_is_the_new_rhodesia.html "Ben Freeth did not expect to be alive today," reads a harrowing piece in Newsweek about the racist henchmen of Zimbabwe strongman Robert Mugabe brutalizing white farmers. "Just after midnight this morning, the white farmer was lying face down next... world events danflynn 2008-07-01T10:12:54-05:00 http://www.flynnfiles.com/archives/american_scene2008/youre_not_fired.html "It's for the children" is one of those Orwellian phrases that generally masks an agenda contrary to the interests of children. Its usage surrounding issues of teacher pay and treatment are a case in point. I much preferred the honesty... american scene danflynn 2008-07-01T00:07:20-05:00 http://www.flynnfiles.com/archives/articles2008/68_rioters_for_obama_08.html In 1968, the New Left cost the Democrats the presidency by rioting at their convention and urging young people to shun voting. In 2008, the not-so-new Left may cost Barack Obama the presidency by their vocal support. Read my piece... articles danflynn 2008-06-30T01:31:15-05:00 http://www.flynnfiles.com/archives/sports2008/the_world_turned_upside_down.html The Major League Baseball season is half over and, surprise, the Tampa Bay Rays are in first place in the American League East. In fact, they actually share the best record in MLB with the Chicago Cubs, another perennial loser--albeit... sports danflynn 2008-06-30T01:08:23-05:00 http://www.flynnfiles.com/archives/american_scene2008/earth_to_buzz_the_space_race_is_over.html "All the Chinese have to do is fly around the Moon and back, and they'll appear to have won the return to the Moon with humans," moonwalker Buzz Aldrin tells us. The Cold War is over, Buzz, and the symbolic... american scene danflynn 2008-06-30T00:30:13-05:00 http://www.flynnfiles.com/archives/politics2008/what_do_conservatives_believe_.html Talk show host Glenn Beck offers a list of what conservatives believe. Since most self-identifying conservatives believe many things they would have deemed liberal before the Bush presidency, it's a good time for conservatives to figure out what they believe--or... politics danflynn 2008-06-27T00:04:45-05:00 http://www.flynnfiles.com/archives/politics2008/court_strikes_down_dc_gun_ban.html The U.S. Constitution isn't written in an opaque style accessible by only the most learned scholars. Anyone with a sixth grade education can get it. That's why it's so disheartening that four Supreme Court justices found that "the right of... politics danflynn 2008-06-26T10:56:15-05:00 http://www.flynnfiles.com/archives/politics2008/cruel_and_unusual.html Raping a child is cruel and unusual. Executing a child rapist is not. In fact, the natural impulse of people cross culturally is to execute such malefactors. The U.S. Supreme Court today forbade states from executing child rapists. Court liberals,... politics danflynn 2008-06-25T11:34:54-05:00 http://www.flynnfiles.com/archives/politics2008/bad_economics_101.html The government used to put debtors in prison. Now the state wants to pay their debts. In addition to rewarding bad financial choices, the foreclosure rescue bill overwhelmingly supported by Democrats and Republicans in both houses of Congress allows the... politics danflynn 2008-06-25T00:52:02-05:00 http://www.flynnfiles.com/archives/science2008/we_are_toast_please_pass_the_jelly.html "Emphasis on extreme scenarios may have been appropriate at one time, when the public and decision-makers were relatively unaware of the global warming issue," James Hansen wrote in 2003. Does the father of global warming again feel the need to... science danflynn 2008-06-25T00:45:00-05:00 http://www.flynnfiles.com/archives/quotes2008/worth_repeating_99.html "Those who look to the past instead of the future have a full view, at any rate, which is more than can be said for even the most gifted purported searchers into the future. If the past produces tiresome nostalgics,... Quotes danflynn 2008-06-25T00:00:27-05:00 http://www.flynnfiles.com/archives/culture2008/babies_having_babies.html My fondest memories of Gloucester, Massachusetts include catching a 45-yard bomb in a preseason high-school game and jumping about the same distance from atop its wilderness rock quarry into the clear water below. Now, fair or unfair, I'll think of... culture danflynn 2008-06-24T10:53:33-05:00 http://www.flynnfiles.com/archives/american_scene2008/is_affirmative_action_to_blame_for_the_mortgage_crisis_.html Steve Sailer authors a provocative piece at TakiMag arguing that affirmative-action lending fueled the mortgage crisis. "About half of all mortgages for blacks and Hispanics are subprime, versus roughly one-sixth for whites," Sailer points out. "Not surprisingly, the biggest home... american scene danflynn 2008-06-23T08:40:19-05:00 http://www.flynnfiles.com/archives/culture2008/the_happening.html I watch all of M. Night Shyamalan's films because so many of them have been so good. I caught The Happening last night. It's an average film. It doesn't sink to the depths of The Lady in the Water or... culture danflynn 2008-06-23T00:03:43-05:00