Like a laser
A laser, I tell you.
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The Weiner saga
The NY Times editors write: At some point, the full story of Anthony Weiner and his sexual relationships and texting habits will finally be told. I say “perish the thought.” I do not want to know the full story. I … Continue reading →
Spambot of the day
This time it’s not a message. It’s the spambot’s name: Catshit Coffee Provider In Singapore. As a non-coffee drinker, I thought this was some sort of joke. But it turns out that it’s not: New York’s crappiest cup of coffee … Continue reading →
It’s all…
…in how you look at it: That’s lil’ ole earth, right above the arrow. Saturn and its rings are at the top-left and top of the photo.
Continue reading →Shelby Steele: what the Zimmerman case says about today’s civil rights establishment
In an excellent article (please read the whole thing), Shelby Steele writes: In the Zimmerman/Martin case the civil-rights establishment is fighting for the poetic truth that white animus toward blacks is still such that a black teenager””Skittles and ice tea … Continue reading →
J. Russell George…
…learns what a high-tech lynching feels like. And to think he once went out with Michelle Obama. Well, not really; they were both members of Harvard Law’s Black Law Students Association while students there, and members of the group used … Continue reading →
Who was…
…that masked man?: George Zimmerman, who has been in hiding since he was acquitted of murder in the death of Trayvon Martin, emerged to help rescue a family who was trapped in an overturned vehicle, police said today. Zimmerman was … Continue reading →
Moving right along…
Just a coincidence, no doubt: The Obama appointee implicated in congressional testimony in the IRS targeting scandal met with President Obama in the White House two days before offering his colleagues a new set of advice on how to scrutinize … Continue reading →
Sowell on justice, traditional and cosmic
In the aftermath of the Zimmerman trial we see outrage and protest among those who think Zimmerman is guilty of something or other, even if the criminal justice system couldn’t quite put its finger on it. “He racially profiled Trayvon”—although … Continue reading →
Baby watches
No, they’re not tiny timepieces babies wear on their teeny weeny wrists. I’m talking about the wait for a baby to be born. It’s sort of like waiting for toast to pop out of a toaster or eggs to boil, … Continue reading →
Detroit: all the way down the Telegraph Road
Detroit’s declaration of bankruptcy has been discussed in countless articles, both the how and the why of it. One thing nearly everyone agrees on is that it’s been a long time coming. Just how long? Well, if you’d like a … Continue reading →
Psychopathy and the law
I was surprised at the amount of misunderstanding that seems to have been sparked by my article yesterday speculating on the possibility that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is a psychopath. I thought certain things about psychopathy were evident from the article, but … Continue reading →