Patrick at Popehat revives a very interesting idea of a fourt branch of government, co-equal to Congress, the Courts, and the Presidency, that would have as its sole power the ability to purge old, useless laws from the books.
Scott Adams, of Dilbert fame, explains humor. Humor has six elements: Cute (as in kids and animals); Naughty; Bizarre; Clever; Recognizable (You’ve been there); and Cruel. To be humorous, you must meld two or more of these elements. South Park,… Continue Reading
A local TV reporter in Cleveland wanted to get coverage of an interesting local story. Only by the time the news van got there, the opportunity was gone. But no worries – the reporter and cameraman team found a solution.… Continue Reading
Indian Pasta. Not in a million years would I have thought to have done anything like this. Much less found ricotta made from goat’s milk.
Whoa. That’s strong stuff. Hat tip to Science-Based Medicine.
Public Defender Sarah makes an eminently reasonable observation about the prosecution of Lori Drew. The civil justice system is significantly more flexible than the criminal justice system, and for good reason. The downside to the civil courts is that Lori… Continue Reading
Hat tip to Shakesville: Universal has won a four-studio bidding war to pick up the film rights to the classic Atari video game “Asteroids.” Matthew Lopez will write the script for the feature adaptation, which will be produced by Lorenzo… Continue Reading
I came across this story arising from near Portland, Oregon today and was moved to finally understand something I’ve read about and resisted in the past. [Fifteen-month-old] Ava Worthington died March 2, 2008, after her parents and other members of… Continue Reading
When I let my blog reader utility go unused for more than 24 hours, the number of posts from the many blogs I read — some political, some related to cooking, some of friends and family, some legal, some historical,… Continue Reading
Kids these days, having grown up used to digitial music players that weigh less than four ounces and can be concealed in the palm of a child’s hand, probably don’t realize that technology had to go through a lot of… Continue Reading