Et tu, Sweden?
Sweden is facing an election, and the right seems poised to make a better showing than usual: Polling over the summer has put the ruling Social Democrats on as low as a 21% vote share – down 10% on its … Continue reading →
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Happy Labor Day!
Labor Day is the bookend on the opposite end of summer from its holiday beginning, Memorial Day. July Fourth is summer’s early peak, with the promise of long light-filled days ahead. But Labor Day is summer’s last gasp, the moment … Continue reading →
The McCain funeral
First let me just say that I didn’t watch it, nor have I watched clips of the proceedings. I didn’t watch the funeral because listening to speech after speech is of no interest to me and I rarely do it … Continue reading →
Neo in Rome
No, I’m not in Italy any more. But I have a few things I still want to write about my recent trip there. First and foremost: Rome, oh Rome, why so few street signs? I had a GPS that supposedly … Continue reading →
Long overdue: cutting funding for UNRWA
This is a good move: The Trump administration announced Friday it is cutting nearly $300 million in planned funding for the UN agency that aids Palestinian refugees, and that it would no longer fund the agency after decades of support. … Continue reading →
The Federalist Society: judge-makers
This Politico article by Michael Kruse on the formation of the Federalist Society in 1982 is a curious piece. It conveys what I assume are the general facts—that a bunch of far-flung conservative law professors, judges, and law students met … Continue reading →
On algorithms and their glitches
This is starting to sound like a Philip K. Dick novel: “People say, ‘Well, what about Facebook – they create and use algorithms and they can change them.’ But that’s not how it works. They set the algorithms off and … Continue reading →
More on the civil war brewing in the Catholic Church over alleged sexual abuse and its coverup
If this article by Paul A. Rahe is true, we’re only seeing the tip of the iceberg. I would add, however, that although (as Rahe states) same-sex pederasty, not pedophilia, is the mechanism of a great deal of the alleged … Continue reading →
A little cache problem
On my computer and phone there’s sometimes a little time lag in new posts or new comments showing up on the blog. Hope it isn’t happening that way for you, but if it is, I suggest you try clearing your … Continue reading →
Sexual abuse: the Catholic Church and the daycare cases
Someone has to write it, so I guess I will. How are the accusations against Catholic priests—such as those that appear in the Pennsylvania grand jury report—substantiated as true or almost certainly true? How many involve evidence in addition to … Continue reading →
The end to the bail system in California
Bail bondsmen in California can’t be too happy about this development: California will become the first state in the nation to abolish bail for suspects awaiting trial under a sweeping reform bill signed by Gov. Jerry Brown on Tuesday. An … Continue reading →
Love is in the air
Can it be that one in fifty people have found true love on an airplane? I find it a bit hard to believe. I’ve struck up a few interesting conversations, but the closest I’ve come to an emotional bond was … Continue reading →