…was a 35-year-old pregnant sometime-actress and mother of five who was trying to frame the husband who had initiated divorce proceedings against her? Egad. You can’t make this stuff up. Well, maybe you can, if you’re a grade-B movie writer. … Continue reading →
From Jane Mayer at the New Yorker: …[A]ccording to the mathematician and former Sun Microsystems engineer Susan Landau…it’s worse than many might think. “The public doesn’t understand,” she told me, speaking about so-called metadata. “It’s much more intrusive than content.” … Continue reading →
And now for something completely different. You may not have heard of it but there are some women who claim to have orgasms during birth. Not their birth, that is; while giving birth to their babies. Each seems equally improbable, … Continue reading →
The WSJ isn’t perturbed by the revelation of the data-mining continuation by the Obama administration: …[U]unlike the other White House scandals there seems to be little here that is scandalous. The existence of the program was exposed years ago and … Continue reading →
For various reasons not worth going into I was researching the life of colorful British logician A. J. Ayer (1910-1989) and came across this rather odd anecdote, which I pass on to you without further comment: [Ayer] taught or lectured … Continue reading →
Lots of practical details right here. Now I am giving that to a couple of associates and also expressing in delectable. And of course, we appreciate you ones perspire! Of course.
Continue reading →Today is the 64th anniversary of the publication of Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four, and with all the news that’s been occurring in the last few weeks (up to and including today), somehow it seems apropos. We are not (yet) in the … Continue reading →
I’m continually impressed by how often the Obama White House has done not only what he spoke against while Bush was president, but what the left fantasized/feared the Bush White House was doing. The latest example is obtaining the Verizon … Continue reading →
…is a graduate of Harvard Law School. Has one black parent and one white one. Is from Illinois, and worked for a Chicago law firm. Sound like someone you know? No, it’s not Obama. Here are more clues: can sing … Continue reading →
My new article is up at PJ. It’s about Susan Rice, Samantha Power, their rewards for loyalty to Obama, and Power’s views on the sins of the US.
Continue reading →Megan McArdle analyzes how premiums might shake down for the young, unattached Californian who makes more than $25,000 or $30,000 a year. I said my piece in the matter a couple of days ago, here. But I want to add … Continue reading →
…to even talk about guns at school or on a school bus: The father of a middle schooler in Calvert County, Md. says his 11-year-old son was suspended for 10 days for merely talking about guns on the bus ride … Continue reading →