I’ve tried, something like twelve times tonight, to load up and watch the oral arguments in Perry v. Schwarzenegger. I’ve been mostly frustrated. I half-listened to the arguments about standing at work, and they affirmed what I already thought —… Continue Reading
For our second installment of this intermittent series of posts, I have an ad that passes one test but fails another. The ad in question takes the form of a magnet, attached to one of the three local yellow pages.… Continue Reading
When I saw an episode of 60 Minutes pointing out the arrow embedded into the Federal Express logo, the subtlety of the design blew me away. Now, I can’t stop seeing the arrow. I suspect that after reading this article,… Continue Reading
I’m not so sure that in the long run, all of these assumptions are correct, but let’s just assume the author is right and due to intractable cultural, biological, and emotional factors, atheists will always be a minority in Western… Continue Reading
About two months ago I wrote about a judge in Mississippi who imprisoned an attorney for not reciting the Pledge of Allegiance. As I predicted, the judge received a public reprimand and has acknowledged his error. The attorney who was… Continue Reading
Nothing in the leaked documents is substantively surprising. We all knew, or should have known, that Arab nations are very nervous about a nuclear Iran, and also very nervous about saying so publicly. We all knew, or should have known,… Continue Reading
I strongly suspect I have carpal tunnel syndrome in my right arm. This ought to be no great surprise. An entire lifetime spent using computers and in particular mouses could not help but have produced repetitive motions. And like a… Continue Reading