Today’s story about the Justice Department obtaining two months’ worth of telephone records from the Associated Press, apparently without a warrant and without any sort of prior notice to the people or entity thus searched, gives me a good platform… Continue Reading
The top twenty are: France (44); Canada (40); Germany (33); Mexico (32); United Kingdom (30); Italy (28); Russia and the Holy See (tied at 19 each); Japan (18); Egypt and South Korea (tied at 16 each); Belgium (14); Brazil (13);… Continue Reading
Construction workers bolted a communications spire atop the New World Trade Center in Manhattan today, bringing the still-under-construction skyscraper to its final height of 1,776 feet. Rightly: New York has rebuilt, and are taller and better than before. The new… Continue Reading
Once something is published on the Internet, it’s too late to take it back. Ask Anthony Weiner. Pictured to the left is a 3D printer. As predicted here more than half a year ago, it is now a demonstrated reality… Continue Reading
To the left is a meal I had in Portland, Oregon Sunday. It was not the best meal I had while my wife and I were there on a weekend jaunt. But it was the gayest. Behold the “Gay Bar,” a… Continue Reading
Today marks the annual Congressionally-mandated ritual of disrespecting the Constitution in the name of pleasing the pious.
From today’s Boston Herald (via memeorandum): The Tsarnaev family, including the suspected terrorists and their parents, benefited from more than $100,000 in taxpayer-funded assistance — a bonanza ranging from cash and food stamps to Section 8 housing from 2002 to 2012, the… Continue Reading
The grill’s been getting a fair amount of work. Did turkey burgers. Did ground beef burgers. Did a fish burger with that last piece of tilapia. Turns out, that spreadable cheese works as a nice substitute for tartared mayonnaise on… Continue Reading
Second round seems about right for a player like him. And he fills a pressing need for his new team, one best filled by a strong, confident, and most of all young man. Welcome to Green Bay, Eddie Lacy; may… Continue Reading
Mike Bloomberg, sometime Mayor of New York City, thinks we need to start interpreting the Constitution differently. Because we need reasonable gun laws and reasonable safety from terrorists. Because if we let the terrorists take away our ability to enjoy our… Continue Reading