Carroll Andrew Morse

Senate Roundup I

By Carroll Andrew Morse | September 14, 2005 | Comments Off on Senate Roundup I

Here’s Sheldon Whitehouse’s response to the Brown University Senate preference poll… Meanwhile, yesterday, the Whitehouse camp chose to focus on Chafee’s 3-point “downslide,” since the last Brown poll in June had him leading Democrat Whitehouse with 41 percent of the vote, and now it is 38 percent.Attention Whitehouse Campaign: The same poll shows a 10…

T-Minus 23 1/2 Hours or so to the BIG Laffey Announcement

By Carroll Andrew Morse | September 7, 2005 | Comments Off on T-Minus 23 1/2 Hours or so to the BIG Laffey Announcement

Cranston Mayor Steve Laffey has a big announcement planned for tommorrow. Here’s the announcement of the announcement, from a flier sent around by the Mayor… Mayor Stephen P. Laffey has a really BIG announcement to make. Repeat: Really “BIG” Laffey announcement. And he wants YOU to hear it!Perhaps Mayor Laffey has learned what’s inside of…

No Refugees in America

By Carroll Andrew Morse | September 7, 2005 | Comments Off on No Refugees in America

I explain why in my current TechCentralStation column.

Donating to Katrina Relief

By Carroll Andrew Morse | September 1, 2005 | Comments Off on Donating to Katrina Relief

Hi folks. We’ve just recovered from our first major bout with “technical difficulties” (not storm related). However, before you go on to read wisdom about Rhode Island politics that you can’t get anywhwhere else, please visit Instapundit’s list of options for donating to hurricane Katrina.

Fear and Hope in the Sudan

By Carroll Andrew Morse | August 25, 2005 |

At TechCentralStation, I have an article giving some background on how the death of Southern Sudan’s long-time leader John Garang is likely to effect the situation there.

Cultural Misunderstanding?

By Carroll Andrew Morse | August 20, 2005 |

The final line in this story about the new Iraqi constitution caught my eye…“I expect that the constitution would be finished before Monday,” Sunni negotiator Saleh al-Mutlaq said. “Negotiations are still under way and everybody is determined to finish it before the deadline.” He said American and British officials were pressing the Sunnis to compromise…

Democratization Skepticism on the Right I

By Carroll Andrew Morse | August 18, 2005 |

Conservative arguments against a foreign policy of promoting democracy are becoming more common. Here’s the start of one from Lawrence Auster in The American Thinker…Now that the democratization of Iraq has led to a constitution based on the totalitarian sharia law, perhaps President Bush and his advisors can better understand the truth enunciated by Norman…

The Real Lesson of the Ohio Election?

By Carroll Andrew Morse | August 17, 2005 |

Dean Barnett (another conservative New Englander) has an excellent analysis in the Weekly Standard of the Democratic side of the recent Ohio special Congressional election, where a veteran Republican edged out a Democratic newcomer in a solidly Republican district. However, I think the real lesson for Republicans is contained in this paragraph from Barnett…The Republicans…

Froma Harrop tells you what Dahlia Lithwick won’t

By Carroll Andrew Morse | August 16, 2005 |

Let’s give credit to Froma Harrop, which we don’t often do at Anchor Rising. Harrop tells you what Dahlia Lithwick won’t. Here’s Lithwick, in Slate…The reason social conservatives seek to have no exception to New Hampshire’s parental notification statute for situations in which there is a risk to the health of the mother is straightforward:…

Shahid�s Strawman No. 3

By Carroll Andrew Morse | August 15, 2005 |

Sunday’s Projo ran a detailed, 10-point essay accusing “the right wing” (abbreviated in the article as RW) of hypocrisy. My initial impression is that not a single one of the ten points has any serious merit to it. The Senescent Man has some thoughts on point #2. RightRI takes on point #7. Here are my…