A little bit less than 1,900 people died as a result of Hurricane Katrina, all but two of them in the New Orleans and southern Mississippi region. Yet the landfall of a cyclone in Yangon, Myanmar, which has killed over… Continue Reading
Mildred Loving passed away Friday, at the age of 68. Mrs. Loving, and her husband Richard, successfully challenged the Commonwealth of Virginia’s legal ban on miscegenation, and won for themselves the right to marry, in 1967. Her husband, Richard, died… Continue Reading
It looks like BHO is weathering the shitstorm that Rev. Wright laid on his lap last week. And interestingly, it also looks like a lot of voters agree with me that the suspension of the gas tax is just a… Continue Reading
Rick Moran is convinced that Obama will get the nomination. Mike Reynolds is convinced he’ll be our next President. And despite everything, the odds are that they’re both right. But you can’t look at a result like this and feel… Continue Reading
If you’re like a lot of Americans, you have a lot of of stuff. Stuff you spent a lot of money to acquire. Stuff you use only rarely, if ever. Stuff you probably don’t even t look at all that… Continue Reading
If you believe this study, the entire human race was reduced to a population of something like 2,000 people about 70,000 years ago. The near-extinction of humanity was, it is suggested, caused by a massive drought. That’s a pretty dramatic… Continue Reading
Close genetic match found between recovered Tyrannosaurus rex DNA and modern-day chickens. Read all about it. If Jurassic Park ever comes to life, look for fillet of Tyrannosaur thigh as the secret ingredient on Iron Chef one day. Hat tip… Continue Reading
In spite of yesterday’s praise for Prof. Martin, I think his analysis of this Latin-dropping opinion from the Ninth is wrong. Quick and dirty facts: Lei Shi is a cook on a fishing ship. He is a citizen of the… Continue Reading
…And the Best Summary of a Recent Appellate Case Posted on the Internets in Recent Memory award goes to USD law professor Shaun Martin, author of the California Appellate Report, for his succinct, understandable, and highly amusing summary of today’s… Continue Reading
It’s every bit as offensive as pandering to the “intelligent design” crowd. And now Barack Obama has done it too: like John McCain, he’s suggested on the campaign trail that vaccinations for childhood diseases can cause autism — a genetically-inherited… Continue Reading