If you’re following the Zimmerman trial…
…remember that Legal Insurrection is the go-to place.
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Snowden is starting…
…to remind me of the Flying Dutchman. Or Philip Nolan, The Man Without a Country:
Continue reading →Surprise: the presidency actually requires some skills
We in America have been pretty lucky for quite a long time. Despite the fact that our method of electing presidents hardly guarantees greatness or even competence, we’ve mostly had presidents who displayed at least the latter, competence. And we’ve … Continue reading →
Down Where the Drunkards Roll
I enjoy comparing different versions of songs I like, especially ones that highlight changes with the passage of time, and the variations among interpreters. Here’s a “compare and contrast” of three versions of Richard Thompson’s “Down Where the Drunkards Roll” … Continue reading →
Meanwhile, back in Egypt…
…protests against the Morsi government rise to a new level. It’s always somewhat difficult to estimate the strength of demonstrators in terms of how much they can really undermine a government willing to play hardball with them: how tough that … Continue reading →
For those who think Snowden’s a hero…
…here’s what your hero has been up to lately. With more to come from that team of modest, self-effacing patriots, Snowden and Glenn Greenwald; and their mouthpiece of choice, the leftist Guardian; who only have our very best interests in … Continue reading →
On immigration, Democrats have some kindly advice for Republicans
Have you noticed the spate of concerned statements by Democrats giving Republicans advice about the immigration bill? It always makes me chuckle. How helpful! Such altruism and magnanimity on their part! Which is only what we would expect from the … Continue reading →
Arizona conflagration
“Brave” doesn’t even begin to describe the men who voluntarily sign on to do this job: The 19 firefighters killed Sunday in Arizona were part of an elite crew known for working on the front lines of region’s worst fires, … Continue reading →
History and immunity
America has been so fortunate, and in many ways so outside of history’s darker corridors, that we have forgotten what we should have known, and neglected to teach it to our children. It’s like a population (think Native Americans before … Continue reading →
Yahoo has become Kafkaesque
Or maybe it always was. Although I’ve had a Yahoo email account for years, the worst thing they ever did before to me was a forced-choice change to a new format I didn’t like. And even then, they walked it … Continue reading →
What’s up…
…with the Zimmerman trial? The State seems to have suffered the most destructive of its own witnesses to date in calling John Good to the stand.Good was composed, coherent, and direct through his extensive testimony, the entirety of which was … Continue reading →
To those who still think Snowden is a hero
I already wrote one post about this today, but it turns out I have more to say. There are a few people in the comments section here, there, and everywhere who still think Edward Snowden is a hero. I cannot … Continue reading →