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Month: April 2007

The Problem With The GOP

April 30, 2007Burt Likko

A quick glance at this powerful editorial looks to me like this guy didn’t just hit the bullseye, he got the little gold dot right in the middle of the bullseye. I’m not ready for a separation like he is… Continue Reading →

Domestic Politics

What If This Were The United States?

April 29, 2007Burt Likko 7 Comments

A country was founded as a strictly secular state with a Constitution that requires that the government be strictly non-religious. It is poised on the brink of nominating its first religious observant President. The army obviously has serious reservations and… Continue Reading →

International Politics, Religion

Scrabble Score

April 29, 2007Burt Likko

The Wife likes 9-tile scrabble. This morning, she got three 50-point bonuses in a row. It’s hard to come back from that, but I made a go of it. Each turn’s score is on the left; running totals are on… Continue Reading →

The Wife

Hitchens For The Brain

April 29, 2007Burt Likko 3 Comments

You may not like Christopher Hitchens, if you know who he is or what he writes about. If you’re a return Reader, you probably have something of a taste for the ironic, iconoclastic, and insightful (whether I provide the insight… Continue Reading →

Atheism, Domestic Politics, History, International Politics, Link Love, Religion

Political Incentives

April 27, 2007Burt Likko 2 Comments

Eugene Volokh suggests that “exploiting 9/11” is really the political process working as intended.  I agree with Prof. Volokh that a past incidence of a politician’s response to an emergency situation is probably the best and most telling thing that… Continue Reading →

2008 Election, Domestic Politics, Rudy Giuliani

Disgusting Creatures

April 27, 2007Burt Likko 2 Comments

Our pets are disgusting animals.  This morning, I come downstairs, ready to go to work today, and I see the dogs industriously licking at the carpet.  I know I hadn’t dropped anything on the floor.  “What are you doing?” I… Continue Reading →

Critters

New House Guests

April 27, 2007Burt Likko 1 Comment

Springtime has arrived in the desert, and with it came the beloved cherry blossoms and (allegedly) the flowering of the California poppies. We are starting to see temperatures in the eighties — that is, when we aren’t experiencing week-long windstorms.… Continue Reading →

California, Critters, Rented Mansion In The Desert, Talking About The Weather, The Wife

Hardened Criminals

April 27, 2007Burt Likko 1 Comment

British prison guards seize prisoners’ Viagra. I just couldn’t resist the headline.

Crime and Punishment, Unimportant but Mildly Amusing

I Got It Bad

April 26, 2007Burt Likko

Insomnia, that is.  I couldn’t fall asleep until about 3:00 in the morning.  Then I had to get up at 6:00 to be at an early-morning conference about the local economy.  I feel like a zombie right now from lack… Continue Reading →

Sickness and Health

Would You Be Prometheus?

April 26, 2007Burt Likko

I told the story of the Ivory Door at dinner tonight with the partners of the firm, both of whom are smart and perceptive. One of them quickly asked the question, “Well, would you really want to be Prometheus?” I… Continue Reading →

Antiscience, Ethics and Morality

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