The ideal state for immigration would be that the United States takes in only the immigrants that it needs to fill open and low-wage positions, from a diverse mix of origin nations, and that those immigrants all get the appropriate… Continue Reading
Itwamba County, Mississippi is a very rural place, near the northeastern corner of that state and until recently it was famous pretty much only for being the birthplace of Tammy Wynette. But in mid-March, it became famous for another thing: … Continue Reading
While waiting to get called back at my doctor’s office I was treated to some afternoon television: Divorce Court. Man, was it bad. The judge was mugging for the camera whenever the shot was on her, and the bailiff wasn’t… Continue Reading
I’m glad I don’t have a neighbor like Arthur Fristenberg. I use dimmer switches, cellular phones, laptop computers, and wireless internet routers too. Fortunately, my neighbors on the one side use all the same things, and my neighbor on my… Continue Reading
What I love about blogging is finding people who comment on weird combinations of interesting things. Like the impact of facial hair on Presidential politics — it’s not a decisive advantage either way, but Republicans are always more hirsute than… Continue Reading
I’ve been doing a lot of reading and re-reading of the case of Newdow v. Rio Linda Unified School District, the most recent Pledge of Allegiance case from the Ninth Circuit. It is easily the longest opinion I’ve ever read… Continue Reading
Apparently unable to muster the votes to actually pass the Senate healthcare reform bill (and Speaker Pelosi and President Obama have reason to be not so confident), so that it can then be amended by way of reconciliation and thus… Continue Reading
Via Bleakonomy, I see the deeply saddening and deeply disturbing case of Dr. Earl Bradley, a small-town pediatrician from suburban Delaware. Dr. Bradley was arrested and has been formally accused of thirty-three counts of molestation of children, some of them… Continue Reading
It’s never a sign of the strength of your scientific idea when you have to resort to censorship to prevent criticism of it. Which is the first clue that perhaps elderberries do not actually provide any material protection against the… Continue Reading