New media outlets are particularly good at putting facts together and reveal a larger picture. Consider this example: “One day after the feds rummaged through his property on a corruption probe, [U.S. Senator Ted Stevens] threatened to try to kill… Continue Reading
Truth is properly defined in objective, not subjective, terms. I define a “subjective truth” here as “something that I agree with.” You might not agree with me, which makes your opinion wrong. For example, “Most country music is tedious, repetitious,… Continue Reading
Just about half an hour before this post, the Massachusetts Legislature voted down an initiative to change the state’s constitution to prohibit same-sex marriages. The margin of defeat for the initiative (and therefore the margin of victory for same-sex marriage… Continue Reading
I’m becoming quite an admirer of Professor Ilya Somin. Today, in commemoration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Falkland Islands War, he writes quite convincingly that this relatively small conflict demonstrates that, in politics, there is nothing quite like a… Continue Reading
Someone please tell me that this “Gay Bomb” story is an elaborate hoax. Please. Seriously, it sounds like something out of an early-eighties parody movie. GIS for “Gay Bomb:”
It turns out that I cannot place my Tennessee license on “inactive” status since I am still practicing law in California. So the only way for me to get out of paying this stupid “Professional Privilege Tax” is to surrender… Continue Reading
One of the world’s leading challengers to U.S. hegemony demonstrated his strength and grasp over power today by shutting down a TV station that aired points of view in opposition to his own. It is no coincidence that nations unfortunate… Continue Reading
Democrats have planned to stage a “no confidence” vote with respect to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. This really tears me in two directions. On the one hand, Gonazles has been somewhere between a very prominent example of the Peter Principle… Continue Reading
Today, I got a most unpleasant piece of mail. I’ve long been suggesting that one of the nice things about Tennessee was that the government is relatively libertarian in its outlook; the state does not govern or do things more… Continue Reading
The President has found his war czar. Should When things don’t go very well as Iraq’s parliament retires for a two-month recess and eventually reconvenes for its rigorous schedule of meeting for two hours a day three days a week,… Continue Reading