If you’re only a casual follower of politics, you might have initially thought that remarks by Barack Obama to supporters at a campaign event in San Francisco were unremarkable. But if, like me, you get the bulk of your political… Continue Reading
After excoriating atheist politician Rob Sherman over, well, being an atheist, Illinois State Representative Monique Davis offers a private apology to the effect that she had learned of a student in a Chicago school who had been killed that day,… Continue Reading
It’s obvious in retrospect, so who cares about Starbuck — John McCain is a Cylon. A copy of the Saul Tigh model, to be exact: “Yes, Mr. President” is soon to be replaced with “By your command.”
Big props here. It’s actually quite touching, an example of the kind of class that many have long feared is gone from American politics.
If anything Lester Thurow wrote about in today’s Fish Wrapper makes the remotest bit of sense to you, please leave a comment here and clue me in. In a nutshell, he seems to be proposing three policy concepts to address… Continue Reading
The “leading” “academic” source of discourse on Intelligent Design theory has just published a report that says: Complexity can arise without intelligent design, but complexity is not the same thing as design. But isn’t the basis for intelligent design “theory”… Continue Reading
Principal photography is wrapping up on Quantum of Solace, the sequel to the James Bond 007 reboot Casino Royale. Which I thought was great. So CNN dares ask the hard-hitting, yet formerly-hip*, question, “Are people ready for an emo Bond?”… Continue Reading
While working on the house over the weekend, The Wife found cracks in the seals around the windows. So our double-pane seals are all gone — and we may be leaking heat into the environment, and come summer we’ll be… Continue Reading
The new District Attorney in Dallas County, Texas, thinks that his job and that of his office is to pursue and advance the interests of justice. This means that from time to time, a prosecution will be dropped or not… Continue Reading
Imagine if this exchange took place in a state legislature between a legislator and a Christian minister who was testifying about what should be taught in a science class: Legislator: I’m trying to understand this so-called “Christian philosophy” that you… Continue Reading