Chupacabra
A woman in Texas insists that she has the corpse of a chupacabra — an animal that allegedly lives off of the blood of livestock. Some more skeptical animal experts suggest that she may have a dead fox, with an… Continue Reading
Month: August 2007
Two breakthroughs
First, I figured out how to post from my cell phone. (See post below.) Second, I finally got called up as a temporary judge! My first assignment is tomorrow afternoon in Santa Clarita. That means I need to really crank… Continue Reading
This is a test post
This is a test post sent from my cell phone. If this works, blogging from the road will be possible if not easy.
Bad Compromise, Bad Law
At least temporarily, the President is getting his way with domestic wiretapping after all. An astonishingly passive Congress passed a “temporary” revision to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and gave the power to authorize monitoring of communications between the U.S.… Continue Reading
Beauchamp Recants
And it’s about time. Conservative bloggers have been in the forefront of criticizing this guy and are positively gleeful at this development — but then again, this should not be a cause for partisan rejoicing, it should be a reason… Continue Reading
Correction
I wrote before about Jeri Thompson, Presidential non-candidate Fred Thompson’s smoking-hot wife and the subject of the “ogling” non-controversy. Now, it turns out I got a detail wrong (although it also turns out I’m in plenty of good company): apparently,… Continue Reading
Harry Potter the Humanist
A great assessment of the humanist virtues of the Harry Potter books, courtesy of the Misanthropic Bastard, and by way of the Uncredible Hallq.
Packing Plans
Next week we’re leaving for seven days out of town — to visit our friends from Tennessee who have moved to San Francisco, and to go to our other friends’ wedding in Colorado. As I start to contemplate the realities… Continue Reading
Jason Does Manhattan
The Wife and I went to see The Bourne Ultimatum this weekend. Good movie. Tense. Fun. Realistic. Fast-paced. Smart. Okay, not realistic so much as occasionally cartoony, but yes, it’s a fun ride. The cool thing about all three Bourne… Continue Reading
Religion and Child Custody Disputes
One of my great intellectual heroes has written about a disturbing phenomenon: courts using the religious activities of a parent as a factor in deciding child custody disputes. Churchgoing parents are, in many states, more likely to be awarded custody… Continue Reading