Philip K. Dick and me
Oh, I was a strange, strange child. And not the least of my strangenesses was that I loved the stories of Philip K. Dick. That was odd in several ways. First of all, it was odd because I was a … Continue reading →
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Distrust vs. security, domestic and foreign: Part II
[here’s McCarthy recently on how the NSA program and much of the Patriot Act had the intent of ending the firewall http://pjmedia.com/andrewmccarthy/2013/06/12/congressman-sensenbrenner-is-wrong-on-patriot-act-records/ ] Vietnam War ended right after Watergate, no coincidence. Ford was not committed to the war. Congress was … Continue reading →
Helen Smith: on men saying “no thanks” to marriage
I confess I haven’t yet read Helen Smith’s book Men on Strike: Why Men Are Boycotting Marriage, Fatherhood, and the American Dream – and Why It Matters, but it sounds fascinating. I’m quite familiar with Helen Smith’s work in general … Continue reading →
More on the immigration bill
It strikes me more and more every day that the country’s so-called leaders have no intention of dealing with illegal immigration except to give illegals citizenship and to encourage (or at least not discourage) more such immigration. The liberal/left/Democratic forces … Continue reading →
What computers can do these days
If true, this is both interesting and frightening: At a research center in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, agency scientists and engineers are building super computers capable of running at exaflop speed–that’s one million, trillion operations per second. Very useful in performing … Continue reading →
Congress, immigration, Republicans
There’s lots of stuff today (see this, this, and this for some interesting commentary) on the pending immigration legislation. But I’m shying away from discussing it myself right now because (a) I don’t have any more time to write today; … Continue reading →
America: a nation of drug users
Legal ones, that is: Researchers find that nearly 70 percent of Americans are on at least one prescription drug, and more than half receive at least two prescriptions. Mayo Clinic researchers report that antibiotics, antidepressants and painkiller opioids are the … Continue reading →
Obama’s legacy: the audacity of audacity
For the past five years or so I’ve been musing on Obama as man, as politician, as president. But now I want to look again and say a few words about Obama as precedent. Like everyone, Obama is a unique … Continue reading →
Michael Totten…
…on Syria. It’s not always true that the devil we know beats the devil we don’t. Worth reading.
Continue reading →On patience: the West vs. Islamicist totalitarianism
[NOTE: This is a re-post of an piece I wrote in 2008. I found it yesterday while doing a search for some information I wanted for a comment, and I thought that, in light of recent news in Syria and … Continue reading →
Obama’s Arab Spring,…
…making the world safe* for Islamicists. I called it Obama’s Arab Spring, but that’s a bit unfair, because although he has a big role I’m not at all sure that anyone could have prevented this. The Arab world is what … Continue reading →
Disapproval of Obama is growing—but what does it mean?
Much is being made of the recent drop in Obama’s approval rating, particularly among his usual strong supporters, the young (see also this): Barack Obama’s job approval rating is down to 45 percent in the lastest CNN/ORC poll, conducted June … Continue reading →