There are two topics almost guaranteed to draw a lot of heated commentary and trolls. No, I’m not speaking of tits and ass (hey, I just threw that in to see if some traffic would come). I’m speaking of (a) … Continue reading →
The Supreme Court has shown some sense and dismissed the Walmart class action suit as way too broad and inclusive. I had written about the Walmart suit previously: There is really no evidence of a discriminatory policy on the part … Continue reading →
[NOTE: This a slightly edited version of a previous post of mine.] It’s Father’s Day. A sort of poor stepchild to Mother’s Day, although fathers themselves are hardly that. They are central to a family. Just ask the people who … Continue reading →
I’ve been reading a book by Vincent Bugliosi entitled Reclaiming History, which purports to definitively prove that Oswald killed JFK by himself and was not part of any conspiracy. Bugliosi amasses a mountain of evidence (almost literally; the book is … Continue reading →
News is that President Obama rejected the counsel of the two topmost lawyers when he decided, against their advice, to forego Congress’s consent for the war action in Libya [emphasis mine]: President Obama rejected the views of top lawyers at … Continue reading →
I’ve often described the left’s relationship with Obama as akin to romantic love. It’s been evident for quite some time (see this, for example) that the early flush of intense infatuation is over. But a more quiet and realistically cynical … Continue reading →
…whether Michele Bachmann has been underestimated. Not just by her enemies, but by her friends. As for me, I don’t yet have a firm opinion about Bachmann, simply because so far I’m not familiar enough with her. That will emerge … Continue reading →
…that the large and liberal states of New York and California rank low on the scale of individual freedom? And what do New Hampshire and Indiana have in common? Not only do they rank very high, but they both are … Continue reading →
I’ve been doing some research about George Gershwin (this is an especially wonderful biography), and I’ve been surprised to learn that, in addition to his formidable musical talent, Gershwin was a major collector of modern art and a credible painter … Continue reading →
…going, but not gone. But soon. Very soon.
Continue reading →…is funnier than the original joke: I like this joke better, anyway:
Continue reading →Erle C. Ellis, associate professor of geography and environmental systems at the University of Maryland, writes that we’re fully in the Anthropocene, a proposed term to describe an era in which the environment has been heavily influenced by humankind: Earth’s … Continue reading →