Bill Schneider at CNN has just now figured out that it’s functionally impossible for Hillary Rodham Cllinton to secure the Democratic Party’s nomination for President; he computes that she would need somewhere between 60% to 66% of the remaining delegates… Continue Reading
Cops know all the best places to eat. Usually for cheap, too. The Fish Wrapper explains why, and gives out some gems. Makes me wish I got down into the big city more often to try some of this stuff… Continue Reading
No one ever describes an object as “oblong” any more. Is it that nothing is that shape? Instead, I’d expect to hear something described as “rectangular with rounded corners,” but that is a much more awkward phrase. So is “lozenge-shaped”.… Continue Reading
While lots of countries, including the United States, are exploring the idea of expanding their nuclear power plant infrastructure, a rather critical problem exists. Part of a nuclear reactor core is a containment vessel, which is the thing that actually… Continue Reading
Mike Huckabee was interviewed this morning on Joe Scarborough’s morning show on MSNBC. Scarborough, and his co-anchor, whoever she is, fail to impress and Scarborough simply can’t help but be a nasty partisan. Huckabee, however, has some really interesting things… Continue Reading
Good link here from Volokh.
This editorial from the Dallas Morning News expresses as well as I think need be expressed the sentiments of those who, unlike me, hold on to their cynicism about Barack Obama’s remarkable speech on race yesterday. It contains disbelief that… Continue Reading
I was pretty cynical about the Big Speech On Race today. Seemed to me that Obama had been maneuvered into the issue and that having repudiated the statements of his own pastor should have ended the whole Jeremiah Wright issue,… Continue Reading
Super-villians, beware the unimaginatively-named COM-BAT! Amazing. And kind of scary. The device is being developed for the military with urban combat situations in mind, but there could be other uses of the device too, some of which should be pretty… Continue Reading
Today was one of the most interesting days in Supreme Court history. District of Columbia v. Heller involved a challenge to the District’s gun control laws, which pretty much outlawed all firearms in private residences within the District. Heller was… Continue Reading