Pride Of The Yankees
I am more than a little bit aghast at reading about the caloric and financial excesses chronicled at the New Yankee Stadium. Yet the author is right — this is somehow the very essence of what New York is about.… Continue Reading
Month: April 2009
Braid
A lawyer from work has been playing this game on the Xbox, and he says it’s one of the most creative and fun games he’s played in a long time. Other lawyers who goof off with video games in their… Continue Reading
What About The Religious Freedoms Of The Universal Life Church?
Back when The Marriage Cases still had an operable holding, I considered becoming ordained as a minister of the Universal Life Church. I wanted to be able to preside over a marriage and was proud that California had taken the… Continue Reading
Graduate Law Degree In Stuff You Should Have Learned About Anyway
UCLA Law School, one of the elite law schools, has announced that, owing to the poor state of the economy, so few of its graduates are getting the prestigious, high-paying jobs they came to expect as their entitlements earned by… Continue Reading
When The Russian Media Says You’re Being Sensationalistic
Dateline: Moscow, Russia. Armed robber subdued by pretty young hair stylist, who proceeds to subdue him, handcuff him to the radiator, and use him as her sex slave for two days. Who could ask for anything more?
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Hat Tip to Doug Mataconis
Two Points About Effective Political Speech
When you speak publicly, you’re representing the people who agree with you. The responsible thing to do is to take care that you fulfill this function well. For instance, it is certainly the case that one person’s right to speak… Continue Reading
Google Reader Users Please Take Note
If you follow this blog in your Google News reader, please use the “follow” function (found in the right-hand sidebar). You will still get the blog in your news reader, the same as before, just under a heading entitled “blogs… Continue Reading
Never Judge A Book By Its Cover
Susan Boyle of the miniscule village of (I think) Whitewind, Scotland is my new hero. Reality shows often pimp out people with unrealistic expectations for laughs. If you’ve ever indulged in the guilty pleasure of watching that (as I admit… Continue Reading
Bringing Back The Bees
Here’s some good news indeed. A crisis in the making has been averted as it appears that the cause of honey bee colony collapse disorder has been identified as a parasitic microorganism and a form of treatment for eliminating the… Continue Reading