What The Presidency Does To A Man
It looks to me like you age about one year for every six months you serve as President. Tough business. Hey, you asked for this job, Senator Obama.
Month: November 2008
Three Promising Signs For The Obama Administration
1. Obama Has Juice on Capitol Hill Or, at least, that’s how the change of chairmanship of the House Energy and Commerce Committee is being read. Old and busted: John Dingell, Democrat of Minnesota and shameless shill for the Big… Continue Reading
Gresham’s Law Reverses With Product
Freddie at L’Hôte describes a process I went through about fifteen years ago. It’s a result of experiencing qualitatively better things to which you once were quality-insensitive. Suddenly, you go back to something to which you used to be more… Continue Reading
Fantasy and Reality: The Tragedy Of An Eager Evangelist’s Suicide
I read a story this morning that upset me badly. Not to the point of shedding tears of sorrow, although the story is very sad. Rather, I was closer to outrage. I’ll explain this in three parts — first by… Continue Reading
INTP
That turns out to be the Myers-Brigg personality type I exhibit on this blog. You can verify that here. I agree with that assessment entirely. My only quibble is that INTP types are described as: “they might come across as… Continue Reading
Can’t Take Him Anywhere
Cyanide & Happiness @ Explosm.net
Re-Briefing Proposition 8
The Supreme Court has certified three post-election review questions with respect to Proposition 8: Is Proposition 8 invalid because it constitutes a revision of, rather than an amendment to, the California Constitution? (See Cal. Const., art. XVIII, §§ 1-4.) Does… Continue Reading
Sunshine
This link contains a list of every person, foundation, or corporation that donated $5,000 or more to the “Yes on 8” campaign. I hope that you will join me in boycotting their products and services for writing discrimination into our… Continue Reading
Hey, Californians: Let’s Try Something
Here’s my idea. We need 121 people, from all over the state. The only qualification is that you must be a Californian and willing to see the experiment through to its concusion. Democrats, Republicans, and others are all invited; indeed,… Continue Reading
A Sure Sign Detroit Needs To Go Bye-Bye
The CEOs of Chrysler, GM, and Ford all flew from Detroit to Washington to beg for money, because they fear their companies are going to run out of liquid capital and cease to be able to operate. And those same… Continue Reading