Dale Carpenter at Volokh Conspiracy has a very interesting post about gays being discharged from the military. Whether you think it’s right or wrong to do this (and I think it’s wrong), it’s happening less. In fact, gays were discharged… Continue Reading
Some time tonight, the blog will get its #5,000 new view since I began tracking hits on the blog. Repeat hits in a 24-hour period from the same computer are not counted, but repeat viewers are counted. Five thousand hits… Continue Reading
My cousin is getting married this Sunday. He lives in Lakeland, Florida, which is about halfway between Orlando and Tampa. Tonight I managed to score a hotel reservation for the weekend. Three days in central Florida before April 15 is… Continue Reading
Today’s RET discussion was particularly interesting. A local left-wing radio show host, Mark Harmon, spoke about why he believes there is no left-wing bias in the mass media, and why the mass media does such a poor job of communicating… Continue Reading
I suppose congratulations are in order to Wichita State. Thus ends a remarkable season of men’s basketball in Tennessee. The women begin their tournament today, as a #2 seed, against Army.
For some reason, Blogger is not allowing pictures to be posted. I get as far as uploading and then the program hangs. There are pictures to go with the last several entries on the blog; however, until the good folks… Continue Reading
There is rampant unemployment in France. According to the government, younger people are disproportionately affected. So, French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin announced plans to ease France’s legendary protections for private jobs, on the theory that an employer would be… Continue Reading
(No spoilers of significance in this review.) I really enjoyed this graphic novel (read: grownup comic book) in college, and seeing the movie released today, I was curious enough to want to see it. I hadn’t imagined The Wife would… Continue Reading
Trader Joe’s opened a store near the campus of NYU today. Apparently the line to get in to the store was around the corner and the customers picked the store clean — Soviet Safeway clean, as in nothing left on… Continue Reading
Who doesn’t like The Onion? People who can’t take a joke, that’s who! Well, there’s also the people who have been fooled into thinking it’s a real newspaper. They don’t like it much, but then, they also think The Colbert… Continue Reading