Did you know that
Russell Kirk also wrote ghost stories? I only found this out recently, and the current
National Review home page features an article by R. Andrew Newman about this.
Russell Kirk’s Ghosts, R. Andrew Newman, October 31, 2005
posted by Aakash at 7:52 PM
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This is typically the busiest time of the semester... And that is true for more than just CRs (though
that is taking up most of my time it seems; despite it being a "non-election year" - in Illinois, at least, there are a ton of things that are going on...). With many people in the middle of mid-terms and such, I wanted to leave here a thought that I wasn't able to do last year (we were arranging the
Alan Keyes event on campus,
which took place on October 12, 2004). I don't know if Columbus Day
[latest news and views] was yesterday (10/12/05) or today this year - the state had a holiday on Monday, while we unfortunately did not - but aside from all this, I wanted to say the following, with respect to this occasion:
COLUMBUS DISCOVERED AMERICA!!(I hope I don't get arrested by the PC police for this entry...)
posted by Aakash at 11:47 PM
I had no idea...
that the primary was todayAfter getting up this morning (and then going back to bed, and then getting up again a little after noon), I checked my e-mail to find an "
election-day message" from one of the major candidates in today's
special primary in California's 48th Congressional (U.S. House) District, sent via
Renew America (Alan Keyes), regarding
Dr. Keyes' endorsement. [
link]
I went over to the very-excellent
Politics1.com site when I realized that today is election day in that primary race, but the current top entries there don't mention it. I did see, however, that
one of the Politics1.com blog entries from Friday predicted that this would happen. From that, it seems that other Republican leaders have also "crossed party lines" to endrose
Jim Gilchrist for Congress, even though he is running under the
American Indepdent Party's banner. (The AIP is different from when it was founded, decades ago; it has since become California's affiliate of the national
Constitution Party.)
Check out
the online encyclopedia article (ASAP... before it changes!) for the background information on this race.
Here is the pertinent section from the California Secretary of State's official website. And
here is the election section from the Orange County website.
By the way, I now hold a statewide position in Illinois' chapter of the
Caucus for Conservative Action. Mr. Gilchrist is one of the candidates who they endorsed.
Here is the brochure [.pdf format] that they created for his campaign.
We (meaning the
CCA, as well as the
UIS College Republicans) are also going to help out with this year's gubernatorial race in Virginia. From Politics1.com,
I see that the latest polls have Republican Jerry Kilgore and Democrat Thomas Kaine tied with 45% each; but apparently, Kaine hasn't started running his television ads yet. Both Republicans and Democrats - nationwide - are looking at this as a key election for 2005, one that could affect all of us. We are hoping to get some people from Illinois to go to Virginia, for the 72-hour GOTV efforts. That Election Day is Tuesday, November 8th.
For today, best of luck to
Jim Gilchrist, in his bid to become the only (and perhaps first?)
AIP/
CP member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
Go Jim Go!!
posted by Aakash at 12:44 PM
