GM’s Place tours the psych-bloggers
Or is it the psycho bloggers? He reports, you decide.
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More on Minow and Harvard Law School’s treatment of Stephanie Grace
Eugene Volokh, who was born in the Soviet Union and came to the United States as a child, reminicises about thought control in the country of his youth and relates the atmosphere there to what happened at Harvard Law School … Continue reading →
The oil spill and risk management
The Gulf oil spill is very disturbing in its scope. Not only did it kill eleven people, but it now threatens the huge fishing industry in the region, not to mention wildlife and beaches that are beautiful and drive the … Continue reading →
Academia, Harvard Law School, and freedom of speech
Martha Minow, Dean of Harvard Law School, has put another PC nail in the coffin of free speech at that august institution, alma mater of our president. The topic? A private email sent by third year Harvard Law student Stephanie … Continue reading →
Venezuela and the failure of socialism
It’s no surprise that Hugo Chavez’s socialist state of Venezuela has fallen on hard times. They are well-deserved; Chavez had to work hard to achieve the decline in a nation that has rich natural resources on which to draw. The … Continue reading →
Cub Scouts sure play a mean pinball
The Scouts are now giving awards for video gaming expertise. It’s not quite as bad as it sounds: Apparently these new awards are geared toward making Scouts understand which games are appropriate for their age group, not just rewarding them … Continue reading →
Mayday, mayday!
[NOTE: This is a reprint of a previous post.] Today is Mayday. As a child I was confused by the wildly differing associations the word conjures up. It’s a distress signal, for example, apparently derived from the French for “come … Continue reading →
Obama and Sowell: who can tell when people have made enough money?
Remember Barack Obama, Joe the Plumber, and “spreading the wealth?” It seemed a surprising revelation at the time. But Obama’s income redistributive tendencies have become an old and familiar story, if hardly a ho-hum one. Now Obama has done it … Continue reading →
Obama: making the world safe for theocracy, Islamic style
Obama’s version of sanctions on Iran comes with a huge asterisk. [NOTE: The title of this post is a riff on this.]
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…ever catch on to the Democrats’ Lucy and the football?
Continue reading →Immigration reform: Obama and Congress vs. the citizens of the United States
Used to be that when the leaders of Congress said they would move on a certain bill (or not move on a certain bill), you could kinda sorta believe them. Now trying to figure out what’s really happening is like … Continue reading →
I spent…
…a few hours today in a dentist’s chair, not my favorite place to be. Bet it’s not yours, either.
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