Coming across this article from a New York criminal defense attorney who is also a mighty law blogger, seeing a similar issue addressed in one of my new favorite blogs (happily, chronicling a solid ass-drubbing the anti-vaccination crowd got in… Continue Reading
A theme I’ve been hitting for months (indeed, since before the election) is that the government is simply spending far too much money — for the very good reason that “too much” means “more than is collected in taxes, by… Continue Reading
From Way of the Woo. I won’t repeat the joke here, go there and read it. If you don’t get it, that’s probably a good thing, now that I think about it.
A professor at Amherst College predicts that the next big fight in the evolution-creationism debate will take place in Islamic circles. Salman Hameed claims that less than half of Muslims are comfortable with the idea of evolution, as compared to… Continue Reading
Scenario: A ground war against Iran. Troops moving into the Kurdish-dominated city of Urmia and. Sergeant Harris takes some shrapnel and goes down. His second-in-command, Corporal Washington calls out “Medic!” The medic arrives and… sticks acupuncture needles along Sergeant Harris’… Continue Reading
Hemant Mehta is surprised that an evangelical leader who displays almost-tolerant views on civil institutions for homosexuals (he’s against same-sex marriage but lukewarm in favor of civil unions) and global warming (he thinks that good Christians should protect the world… Continue Reading
Damn. When Ebert slams you, he really, really slams you. I mean, his original review of Vincent Gallo’s The Brown Bunny has got nothing on this.
I read a story this morning that upset me badly. Not to the point of shedding tears of sorrow, although the story is very sad. Rather, I was closer to outrage. I’ll explain this in three parts — first by… Continue Reading
As many of you either recall from reading these pages, or from knowing me, I suffer from allergies. I medicate using OTC drugs and I’ve sought treatment on multiple occasions. Most recently, I was disappointed at the small amount of… Continue Reading
While tracking the football game tonight on Yahoo! Sports, I periodically saw this advertisement flash on the screen. It looked odd to me but I wasn’t paying much attention to it. Then I stopped to try and scan the box… Continue Reading