No, I’m not kidding. The owners of Pabst Blue Ribbon are releasing an up-market, premium beer branded with the PBR label, called “PBR 1844.” In China. For thirty times the price of the ordinary stuff sold there. If there was… Continue Reading
This is big news. He’s timing his retirement so that Arnold Schwarzenegger, and not his successor, gets to name the next Chief Justice of California.
In a recent column pointed out to me earlier tonight by an online friend, I note that firebrand columnist Ann Coulter, buried in a fair amount of invective and taunting (which is, after all, her trademark) has come across a… Continue Reading
A simple link. Prof. Taylor hits it right on the head. If the fear is that “during troubled times, fearful and naive people will turn to dangerous radicals,” I suspect that a picture of any sufficiently polarizing Republican could pretty… Continue Reading
There are those who will insist that anything coming out of the Heritage Foundation is biased and unreliable. And yes, there are issues to be taken with measuring spending and revenue in terms of percentage of GDP rather than in… Continue Reading
In less than twenty-four hours, I have learned that SarahPAC has raised over $866,000 and spent over $742,000 flying its celebrity politician about the country. The ability to raise numbers approaching a million dollars a quarter, and less commented on… Continue Reading
The rule of law requires that when a decision is made by the appropriate authorities, everyone go along with it. I was, and remain, a strong proponent of same-sex marriage. I thought, and still think, that Proposition 8 was a… Continue Reading
Yesterday, I met an old friend for a few drinks after work. I’ve been so conditioned by the poor quality of drinkmaking around that this exchange with the bartender left me profoundly pleased: “I’d like a Ketel One martini.” “How… Continue Reading
That’s about as provocative a post title as I could think of for a more detailed report on the more interesting of the two cases issued yesterday striking down the Federal Defense of Marriage Act, Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. United… Continue Reading