I was having trouble with my iPod the other day, and while trying to troubleshoot it (it’s fixed now) I came across an entry in my iTunes library that was part of a reel-to-reel tape I had originally made in … Continue reading →
Or perhaps your friends might be?: At heart, Hare’s test is simple: a list of 20 criteria, each given a score of 0 (if it doesn’t apply to the person), 1 (if it partially applies) or 2 (if it fully … Continue reading →
I haven’t the time or interest to wade through the entirety of this NY Times Magazine article on how Barack Obama’s views on gay marriage “evolved”; I merely briefly skimmed the first third of it. But Ann Althouse has done … Continue reading →
Why, I hadn’t thought of that before: …the Washington Post’s Dana Milbank suggests on Al Sharpton that [Sebelius] wasn’t threatened with impeachment (as Holder was) because she’s white. Of course [slaps hand on forehead]. Or perhaps it’s because she has … Continue reading →
[NOTE: This is a repeat of a previous post. The sentiments still seem to me to be highly, highly appropriate. Maybe even more so, if anything.] It’s the holiday season, and one of those rare years when Passover and Easter … Continue reading →
…according to the CBO. I freely admit that a true understanding of the deficit and the real reasons (as opposed to stated reasons) for its rise and/or fall has thus far evaded me. So I leave it up to you … Continue reading →
Eight of ’em. I especially like numbers one and and three. Here’s the first: It will take you 111 days this year just to pay off the government. That’s an average, of course. But something called the Tax Foundation would … Continue reading →
…will make it hard to evaluate the effect of Obamacare. How very convenient: The Census Bureau, the authoritative source of health insurance data for more than three decades, is changing its annual survey so thoroughly that it will be difficult … Continue reading →
[NOTE: This is an edited version of an essay of mine from the past.] Today is April 15th. Ah, paying taxes. What fun! Along with close to 100% of Americans, I hate the process. It’s an attitude that unites us … Continue reading →
Here.
Continue reading →…of videos on YouTube that can be reached by searching for “dog eating with human hands”? Yes, human ingenuity is just that awesome. I do find them perversely amusing. For example: Although it’s blatantly obvious how it was done (the … Continue reading →
…all is irony. The author focuses on irony and lack of seriousness in art. But the hegemony of irony is certainly something I’ve noticed getting more and more widespread in recent years. It seems to be the default position of … Continue reading →