So many times when I have a disagreement with someone, I am struck by how my counterpart seems to be responding to a world that is simply different than the one in which I live. Discussion of the issue becomes… Continue Reading
I enjoyed The Dark Knight very much and I was tempted, the last time I was at Target, to buy one of the copies on the display rack. But now I know better. I won’t be able to watch it.… Continue Reading
Police car cameras are very useful. And somehow I don’t think this guy is going to beat this ticket: I think the police officer is to be commended for his extraordinary professional and calm demeanor throughout the whole episode. Hat… Continue Reading
The guys who set up their rocket launching sites in the middle of civilian housing areas, surrounded by noncombatant women and children, and then fire their rockets indiscriminately across their borders into civilian-occupied areas of their neighbors, are the bad… Continue Reading
The law, once again, guides the way. A doctor from New York found his marriage failing. So too was his wife’s health. He donated his kidney and saved her life. She was grateful — but not grateful enough to continue… Continue Reading
Bet you couldn’t have seen this coming. Chrysler wants another three trillion of your dollars, because the first four trlllion just weren’t enough. I mean, what a surprise. Quoth P.J. O’Rourke: Bringing the government in to run Wall Street is… Continue Reading
Film School Rejects identifies 25 movies to look forward to this year. A sample of the fun: The movie is called Ninja Assassin, do I even have to say why we’re excited about this film? Hell, the film’s star is… Continue Reading
Good for HBO. Hat tip to Sister Toldjah.
What with all the governmental intervention in big finance, big auto manufacturing, big insurance, and big real estate, there are no doubt a lot of important industries that have been left behind. No one is offering to bail out big… Continue Reading
These look like they were taken around the Black Hills in maybe the 1870’s or 1880’s. As far as I can tell, they’re genuine.