Mike Nifong was the district attorney in North Carolina who prosecuted the three Duke University students accused of raping a woman. It turns out that he had exculpatory evidence and lied to the judge about it, and of course failed… Continue Reading
I’m not a huge Talking Heads fan; they were very creative, and occasionally produced some good songs. But I don’t take out the Stop Making Sense CD very often. Still, I heard “Once In A Lifetime” on the radio yesterday… Continue Reading
The removable parts of our coffee maker were all in the dishwasher this morning, awaiting a thorough washing this evening. But The Wife and I want coffee for our breakfast. This is especially complex because we only have whole beans,… Continue Reading
A few days ago I noticed, for the first time, that there were plans in place to build a new city by Quail Lake. So here is a shot I took today of Quail Lake while driving back from a… Continue Reading
Just about half an hour before this post, the Massachusetts Legislature voted down an initiative to change the state’s constitution to prohibit same-sex marriages. The margin of defeat for the initiative (and therefore the margin of victory for same-sex marriage… Continue Reading
I’m becoming quite an admirer of Professor Ilya Somin. Today, in commemoration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Falkland Islands War, he writes quite convincingly that this relatively small conflict demonstrates that, in politics, there is nothing quite like a… Continue Reading
Apparently, I’m the last man in the Antelope Valley to have heard that from 2008 to 2028, the Tejon Ranch Corporation wants to build a 70,000 resident city to the east and north of Quail Lake. Tejon Ranch is currently… Continue Reading
Now, this is quite interesting. These guys are saying things I have been saying for a long time – that we as a nation are yet rich and powerful enough to have both liberty and security, and that real conservatives… Continue Reading
On the subject of the end of The Sopranos, one expert has said: “You can’t second-guess the artist.” Well, of course you can. He’s saying that you shouldn’t. Different words, different meanings. Get it right!
Your reaction to the latest story about deadly discount drugs will no doubt be anger and frustration. What you think we as a society should do about the situation will probably be no different than what you think we should… Continue Reading