Hawkeye Republican

• AWESOME IDEA OF THE ...

  AWESOME IDEA OF THE DAY: The Bailout Bill's theme song should be "Livin' on a Prayer." Because it's halfway there.
  
  Aren't you glad you stopped by? [...]
  Share | Rate | Archive

  Posted: October 01, 2008, 9:26pm EDT
  

• DEBATE?: (AP) Washington, D.C. -- Obama campaign ...

  DEBATE?: (AP) Washington, D.C. -- Obama campaign manager David Plouffe announced Wednesday that Barack Obama would debate himself Friday after John McCain postponed his appearance at the scheduled debate to tend to business in Washington. "The American people have the right and the need to hear Barack Obama. In fact," [...]
  Share | Rate | Archive

  Posted: September 26, 2008, 11:32am EDT
  

• YOU KNOW, SOMETHING FOR ...

  YOU KNOW, SOMETHING FOR THE FREE TIME: Homeless. [...]
  Share | Rate | Archive

  Posted: September 26, 2008, 1:59am EDT
  

• An Open Letter to Dr. Robert Shapiro

  The Bailout Proposal has stalled and the Journal is rightly querying experts on potential success. Will it work? Dr. Robert Shapiro of the New Democrat Network (NDN) is one of those fellas and boy does his statement reek of pandering:
  
  ...Robert Shapiro, a former Clinton economic advisor and [...]
  Share | Rate | Archive

  Posted: September 26, 2008, 1:33am EDT
  

• Hawkeye Republican Will Be Back

  Much like the Arnold, we're making a comeback into politics. And just like the Hawkeye Republican, that made no sense.
  
  Oh politics. Stay tuned.' [...]
  Share | Rate | Archive

  Posted: September 23, 2008, 3:25pm EDT
  

• The Up and Up

  Number of comments: 1
  Those of you who know me well (and do realize that I feel sorry for each and every one of you) know that I absolutely love the rock band that is Relient K. I love Journey too, but that's another story for another time...
  
  Surprisingly, Relient K's latest [...]
  Share | Rate | Archive

  Posted: June 05, 2007, 9:28pm EDT
  by Tom Niblock

• Should've Seen This Coming

  Number of comments: 1
  Have you ever read something and thought to yourself "I really should've seen this one coming." If not, then, way to go. But if you have, then you'll understand my reaction when I read this article on CNN.com.
  
  As a fellow commencement speaker myself (I had the bigger [...]
  Share | Rate | Archive

  Posted: May 14, 2007, 1:42pm EDT
  by Tom Niblock

• Oh Crap

  Number of comments: 3
  Beer drinkers beware: a barley shortage in 2006 will raise the price of German beer this month. What's the cause of this great evil? Ethanol.
  
  Kudos to the bloggers at Foreign Policy, a quirky journal of international relations trying its darndest to differentiate itself from the grandeur' [...]
  Share | Rate | Archive

  Posted: May 02, 2007, 10:13pm EDT
  by Tom Niblock

• The Dark Side of the Yellow Revolution

  Two posts in one day, not bad. Not bad at all.
  
  With the yellow revolution (ethanol) underway in the West, it's appropriate every now and then to consider the incontrovertable fact that every choice implies a trade-off. In public policy, these trade-offs mean that oftentimes, the actions taken to' [...]
  Share | Rate | Archive

  Posted: April 13, 2007, 6:04pm EDT
  by Tom Niblock

• Should This Man Be President?

  Number of comments: 3
  The following is the text of Senator John McCain's speech at the Virginia Military Academy on Wednesday, April 11th. His perspective on the White House is neatly captured by the phrase, "For my part, I would rather lose a campaign than a war." This is the essence of statesmanship.
  [...]
  Share | Rate | Archive

  Posted: April 13, 2007, 4:22pm EDT
  by Tom Niblock

• Why Bother?

  Number of comments: 4
  Ah spring. When it's not pretending to snow, the flowers are blooming, the sun is shining, and the air is filled with excitement and anticipation as fresh-faced high school seniors begin to unwrap the college admissions letters that will change their lives forever.
  
  Well, for some of them,' [...]
  Share | Rate | Archive

  Posted: April 05, 2007, 8:21pm EDT
  by Tom Niblock

• Who Got The Hooch?

  Number of comments: 2
  Not Venezuelans, that's who: "President" Hugo Chavez prompted a public outcry this week when he restricted the sale of alcohol to decrease the deaths caused by drunk driving during Holy Week. Some of the most vociferious protests came from the delightfully-named "Margarita Island," the existence of which immediately moves' [...]
  Share | Rate | Archive

  Posted: April 04, 2007, 9:03pm EDT
  by Tom Niblock

• Maybe, Just Maybe

  Number of comments: 14
  Today's post is more Hawkeye, less Republican for a change: congrats to the men's basketball team for a clutch home win over the Indiana Hoosiers. Given that we were expected to finish 9th in the Big Ten before the season started, I've been relatively impressed with this year's team. [...]
  Share | Rate | Archive

  Posted: February 03, 2007, 4:43pm EST
  by Tom Niblock

• Good News For A Change

  Number of comments: 1
  The front page story of the Chicago Tribune (and, surprisingly, only the Chicago Tribune) contains some mixed news from Iraq. Moqtada Sadr, the spirtual leader of one of Iraq's most troublesome private militias, has pledged not to attack US troops patrolling his strongholds.
  
  The upside: Sadr's promise amounts [...]
  Share | Rate | Archive

  Posted: January 31, 2007, 12:11am EST
  by Tom Niblock

• A Good First Step, But...

  Historic news from the Middle East that you probably won't read in the paper: Israel appoints a Muslim Arab to its cabinet. The article doesn't specify what Galeb Magadla will actually do in government, but it certainly represents a positive development in regional relations. He would serve as a [...]
  Share | Rate | Archive

  Posted: January 29, 2007, 11:40pm EST
  by Tom Niblock

• Honor To Whom Honor Is Owed

  In 26 words, the new Secretary General of the UN has restored my faith in humanity (or, at least, in its international organizations):
  
  "The Secretary-General will call for an urgent, system wide and external inquiry into all activities done around the globe by the U.N. funds and programs."
  
  [...]
  Share | Rate | Archive

  Posted: January 22, 2007, 3:11pm EST
  by Tom Niblock

• An Optional Alliance

  The United Nations is at it again. After losing $100 billion (give or take) to Saddam Hussein, the UN's Development Program is currently facing tough questions from the United States about its dealings in North Korea.
  
  The Wall Street Journal broke the story in a Friday editorial, and' [...]
  Share | Rate | Archive

  Posted: January 20, 2007, 3:27pm EST
  by Tom Niblock

• What A Moron

  Number of comments: 3
  It's good to see that some newly elected Democrats are quickly adjusting to the culture of Washington DC. According to the Oshkosh Northwestern (whereabouts of B'gosh unknown), Wisconsin Rep.-elect Steve Kagen stuck it the President, the Vice President, the First Lady, and the President's political advisor at a White' [...]
  Share | Rate | Archive

  Posted: January 13, 2007, 12:40am EST
  by Tom Niblock

• Libya Mourns Saddam

  Number of comments: 1
  Tyrants often make common cause with other tyrants, so this should not surprise us. The evil of Saddam is one of the few agreements between the United States and Iran, the latter of whom suffered greatly at the hands of Saddam's biological and chemical weapons during the Iran-Iraq war' [...]
  Share | Rate | Archive

  Posted: December 31, 2006, 8:31pm EST
  by Tom Niblock

• Merry Christmas To All, And To All, A Good Night

  Number of comments: 2
  There are many things I have wanted to blog about this past month, but I simply have not found the time to do it. I did learn how to snowboard in Colorado, which was great for the spirit and bad for the tailbone. But since the moral of the Christmas [...]
  Share | Rate | Archive

  Posted: December 23, 2006, 9:57pm EST
  by Tom Niblock

• A DISTINGUISHED SCHOOL, INDEED: Earlier today, Pr...

  A DISTINGUISHED SCHOOL, INDEED: Earlier today, Princeton Review released their annual list of college rankings.
  
  Here's how the University of Iowa stacked up:
  
  #14 Teaching Assistants Teach Too Many Upper-Level Courses
  
  #1 Their Students (Almost) Never Study
  
  [...]
  Share | Rate | Archive

  Posted: August 22, 2006, 12:14pm EDT
  by Laura W