Mocking The Pagan
I learned a long time ago that part of what makes people of different faiths about to get along together is to not mock one anothers’ beliefs. If I wish tolerance for my own world view, I must offer it to… Continue Reading
Month: April 2013
Still Better Than Working
A friend invited me out to go shoot nine yesterday, and I had a fantastic time. Given that I hadn’t actually swung my sticks in anger on a real course for nearly a year, I was pleased with how well… Continue Reading
Amirite?
Let’s say a man is working with a woman in a professional capacity. Let’s further say that, without necessarily wanting to pursue a romantic, sexual or any other sort of personal relationship with her, the man finds the woman physically attractive.… Continue Reading
Linky Friday #19
World: [W1] An exciting jailbreak in Canada… involving a hijacked helicopter! [W2] China is throwing its lot in with Ubuntu Linux. Or at least their own version of it. Culture: [C1] Teachers are ignoring the stigma against student grouping/tracking. Barry… Continue Reading
The American Athletic Conference
The Conference soon-to-be-formerly-known as the Big East Conference has decided on its new name: The American Athletic Conference. Or “The American” for short. They had previously considered The Metro and The United. They made the wrong choice, in my view.… Continue Reading
Your Time Or Theirs?
Some bloggers wonder what would happen in a post-sleep world. Garrett Jones thinks that work ours would go down because, as work-hours become less valuable, people would work less (as a percentage of awake-time). Matthew Yglesias argues that those at… Continue Reading
Out With The Illegal Immigrants
Well, the terminology anyway: AP Stylebook editors sat down with a number of groups who were concerned about their entry on the the term in recent years and “sought the views of a cross section of AP staffers” on the… Continue Reading
Playing With Constitutional Fire
A few days ago I broke down a case from the Ninth Circuit permitting sectarian prayers at the opening of city council meetings for a city in California. In 2011, the Fourth Circuit reached the opposite conclusion with respect to… Continue Reading
Beware the Cancellation Bear
The Journal-Gazette of Fort Wayne has a good write-up on The Cancellation Bear. The website TV By the Numbers is making sport out of predicting which television series will survive or disappear, and the first weeks of a new TV… Continue Reading
Marriage Isn’t For Everyone…
…And apparently, David Brooks isn’t a suitable candidate since he seems to think it is somehow an ironic thing for gays and lesbians to request: But last week saw a setback for the forces of maximum freedom. A representative of millions… Continue Reading