No, I’m not going to tell you that Mother Teresa was an atheist. I’m going to tell you that she was a humanist. The headline on FARK overstates the article substantially — Mother Teresa was not an atheist, as suggested,… Continue Reading
The ongoing collapse of the U.S. Justice Department’s upper echelons continued today, with the resignation of the head of the Civil Rights Division. Unlike many of the other resignations, this Assistant Attorney General (political appointee) had nothing to do with… Continue Reading
I have no idea what this chart means. It was offered, in another forum, to prove that poor people smoke more than rich people do (and therefore that a tax on cigarettes is regressive). But as far as I can… Continue Reading
A friend told a story tonight at dinner about the local personal injury attorney, who adopts a folksy manner in court. Up against a mid-level insurance defense firm associate at trial, he showed up in court wearing boots and sitting… Continue Reading
So I’m checking the baseball scores when I see that Texas beat Baltimore, 30-3. 30-3? That’s not right. Yahoo Sports screwed up. But it is right. I’d expect that sort of score in a football game. It is the most… Continue Reading
Was the snap legal? I think so. It’s an old-school trick play called the “bad ball snap“.
As I’ve written on Oval Office 2008, immigration is turning into a wedge issue within the Republican primary. The issue is whether a city government should provide services to people regardless of their immigration status, up to and including instructing… Continue Reading
Among the more ridiculous — and inevitable — events of the past several years has been the prevalence of “truthers.” These are 9/11 conspiracy nuts, people who think that the U.S. government was responsible for 9/11. The History Channel has… Continue Reading
One in four Americans haven’t read a book in the last year. The median book consumption in America is four per year — one every three months. Read more!
They’re right. Adopt a rescue pet.