Spambot of the day
This bot truly understands: It can be difficult to write about this subject. You said it, bot.
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Question about that drone
In the thread about the drone captured by Iran, “Mr. Frank” made the following comment: The military wanted to destroy the drone on the ground. Obama turned down their request. Why? I was curious to see whether this was the … Continue reading →
Prospective Republican presidential candidates…
…would do well to heed Kyle-Ann Shiver’s advice.
Continue reading →Obama to Iran: Please give us back our drone!
Obama to Iran: Please give us back our drone!“
Continue reading →Rescue 911
When my son was little in the 80s and early 90s, the whole family used to love the TV show “Rescue 911.” It was one of my guilty pleasures. A reality show that featured staged reenactments of actual 911 calls … Continue reading →
Boys won’t be boys, and men…
…aren’t being rewarded for being men: If women have adapted well to the new economy, the same cannot be said for many men. Why not? It easy to paint the rise of working women as the reason why working men … Continue reading →
Obama: all the Republican candidates are the same because…
…they’re all Republicans. Somehow I don’t think that’s a good approach for Obama to take in his re-election campaign. After all, most polls indicate that a generic Republican does better against Obama than any of the individual candidates we actually … Continue reading →
Sad,…
…fascinating, but extremely chilling reading: what happened aboard Air France 447. And here’s an article written two years earlier by the same author, long before the black boxes for Air France 447 had been found. In it, he speculates on … Continue reading →
Obama in Kansas: no fair!
My article about the theme of societal and economic “fairness” in Obama’s Kansas speech is up at PJ. Join the comments either there or here. Or both, if you’re feeling especially talkative.
Continue reading →The decline of the duel
I’m reading—slowly, slowly—Steven Pinker’s long but fascinating The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined. Don’t laugh at the title because it seems absurd. Pinker presents a strong case to defend his thesis (although so far I’m only … Continue reading →
And the hottest woman of all time is…
…(drum roll please)…. Jennifer Aniston??? Are you kidding? Please look at the woman on the left, and then compare her to the two others: Aniston and Spears don’t even look like women, they look like girls. And although they’re attractive … Continue reading →
Send not to know for whom the bell tolls…
…it tolls for book publishers.
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