Towards the end of the Troy Davis thread there was an interesting discussion in the comments section that I thought would be worth giving a post of its own. The topic? Justice and the law. The two, unforunately, are not … Continue reading →
Chris Christie—or people in his retinue, or reporters in the MSM—are like Lucy and the football to the Republican electorate’s Charlie Brown: tempting, teasing, and ultimately (at least so far) not delivering. Now come new rumors, much like the old … Continue reading →
…and says he’s a bad debater, but should that matter all that much?: A primary fight is: Who could win? Who should win? Two different questions. I think he could win. Should win is up to him…Perry apologists do him … Continue reading →
I have observed that even the beautiful usually don’t stay so. Youth is a wonderful thing that enhances the looks of all. But those who were spectacularly beautiful when young don’t necessarily age in a way that keeps them a … Continue reading →
I was impressed by Richard Fernandez’s recent piece on—what else?—Obama: Peretz, Brooks, and Noonan are intelligent, well-educated people. Nobody has seriously suggested they are either perverse or evil. Now they see the truth. But once upon a time they didn’t … Continue reading →
Bill Kristol writes that the Weekly Standard’s reaction to last night’s Republican debate, and the mail he’s received about it, is “Yikes!” And that’s not a good “yikes,” it’s a dismayed “yikes”. As a commenter on another blog wrote, Sarah … Continue reading →
Scientists at CERN are astounded to report that they have recorded neutrinos that travel faster than the speed of light, long thought to be a constant that defined the upper limits possible for speed in the universe: “We have high … Continue reading →
Troy Davis has been executed by the state of Georgia after 22 years on death row. Before his death he had become a cause célé¨bre, and—unlike some such cases—it was with good reason. I had never heard of him before … Continue reading →
…”Obama who?”
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This article at PJ by Abraham H. Miller concludes that not only is anti-Semitism on the rise, but that it is pushing US Jews to the political right. I’m not at all sure about the second, but I have observed … Continue reading →
Not that we needed more evidence, but new research is explaining just why it’s so hard for most people to lose weight and maintain the loss. I already knew about this from personal experience and observation. And don’t get me … Continue reading →