I found the following comment to my post on Tamerlane Tsarnaev and the BBC (cross-posted at Legal Insurrection) to be a good reminder of the difference between our own left/right divide vs. those of Europe: Some concepts don’t translate well … Continue reading →
This. Excerpt: Barack Obama is the first president of the democracy that John Adams warned us about. Democracy never lasts long,” Adams famously said. “It soon wastes, exhausts and murders itself…” …[T]he United States is not going to fall for … Continue reading →
…are racists calling me uppity. No, Obama didn’t say those words, not exactly. But that’s what he said anyway. For years I’ve marveled at Obama’s subtly clever use of the racism charge, performed while he simultaneously pretends to take the … Continue reading →
In Russia, that great libertarian stronghold. Let freedom ring. Is anyone surprised? Putin has Obama’s number. Although, who knows? Maybe Obama doesn’t much care if Snowden never returns. As for Snowden himself, he’s been offered a year’s asylum, renewable at … Continue reading →
…the Sanford police not to give Zimmerman his gun back. If something happens to him as a result, I assume the family can sue the FBI? This has gone beyond a show trial. By the way, I’ve said it before … Continue reading →
…it does. As usual, Thomas Sowell nails it. I fear the answer to his last question, “is this still America?” is “no.” [ADDENDUM: Here’s one of the best comments at Ace’s: I found mattress tags in Zimmerman’s trash. Signed by … Continue reading →
Post-Zimmerman-acquittal, we are hearing extremely predictable cries from President Obama and the liberal world that the case should be used to motivate a continued fight against “gun violence.” But the only gun violence demonstrated here was the right to use … Continue reading →
First, the all-important deviled eggs question: do you use pickle relish in them, like it says here? Mash yolks with mayonnaise. Add relish, mustard, salt, and pepper; stir well. And if you do add the relish, are you from the … Continue reading →
…to remind me of the Flying Dutchman. Or Philip Nolan, The Man Without a Country:
Continue reading →I already wrote one post about this today, but it turns out I have more to say. There are a few people in the comments section here, there, and everywhere who still think Edward Snowden is a hero. I cannot … Continue reading →
In the game of hide and seek he’s playing with the US, Snowden seems to hold the upper hand. That’s not really because he’s so very clever, or because he has a lot of help from Wikileaks and others (although … Continue reading →
If true, this is both interesting and frightening: At a research center in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, agency scientists and engineers are building super computers capable of running at exaflop speed–that’s one million, trillion operations per second. Very useful in performing … Continue reading →