It’s not a good sign…
…when an email starts with the phrase “I wish to inform you that this letter is not a hoax and you need to treat it serious.”
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French freedom of speech: perhaps it’s not an oxymoron after all
I don’t have the details yet, but this is very good news: Philippe Karsenty has won his appeal. [NOTE: My previous writings on the case can be found here.]
Continue reading →Oregon: Maybe it’s the weather
Quote of the day: Oregonians seem to like the cool, cerebral type,” Oregon pollster Tim Hibbitts said. “They liked Harding. They liked McCarthy. They liked McGovern. They seem to like that kind of Democrat. And, without putting an ideological implication … Continue reading →
No Sanity Squad tonight
You may have noticed that my highly-esteemed Sanity Squad colleague and good friend Dr. Sanity is taking a break from blogging and podcasting. I understand how difficult it is to keep up the pace, and how important it can be … Continue reading →
Neocon copycats?
Sent in by a reader: I guess you can’t accuse someone of copying what you’ve already stolen, though, can you?
Continue reading →Disasters and “the forgetting”
[This is a slightly edited version of a piece that I wrote very early in my blogging career about the tsunami of January 2005. It occurred to me to reprint it in light of the horrific earthquake in China.] We … Continue reading →
Does Bill Harbor Ill Will Towards Hill?
Today’s post can be found here.
Continue reading →Sanity Squad tonight (note time change)
It’s that time again: the Sanity Squad will be on Blog Talk Radio tonight. Click here to listen live at 7:30 PM Eastern time, or to hear a tape if you can’t make it then. Siggy, Shrink, Dr. Sanity, and … Continue reading →
Jello gains some backbone
In my continuing quest to bring you the best and worst of the jello molds, here’s an effort that’s an example of the former—an esthetic vision of some loveliness, and a demonstration of the surprising strength of properly reinforced jello:
Continue reading →The life of cell phone chargers
My cell phone charger died last night. That means I have to race out today and get a new one before my cell phone battery gives out. Or drive around in the car in order to charge it there, much … Continue reading →
PETA weighs in
Well, this is certainly no surprise.
Continue reading →1972: Democratic rifts, then (and now?)
In a Newsweek interview with George Will and Sean Wilentz that’s mainly about the Left re-evaluating Reagan, there was this food for thought from Will: What happened in ’72 was the aggressive, conscious, tough, skillful disenfranchising of organized labor and … Continue reading →