Michael Reynolds memed me.* I’m supposed to provide a link to his website launching the meme attack, include the instructions for the meme, post seven strange or random facts about myself, and then pass the meme along to others. This… Continue Reading
I’ve tried to not get drawn in to lengthy arguments on the Internets. You rarely convince anyone of anything that they didn’t already agree with you on. What I look for, though, are well-argued positions and every once in a… Continue Reading
Amba asks: what luxuries would you not give up even if you had to live on a limited budget? Some, who have lived on truly limited budgets, would scoff at such a question – the answer, they would say, is… Continue Reading
To follow up on a current event I wrote about a few days ago, it seems that a lot of public pressure can sometimes change the way a big company thinks and acts. When every major news agency demonstrates to… Continue Reading
The Economist reports on recently-published polimetric research to the effect that Americans who self-identify as “conservative” also self-identify as “happy” more often than do those who self-identify as “liberal.” He attributes this to the fact that these people are more… Continue Reading
In today’s Fish Wrapper, I’m tempted to think that someone has run an April Fool’s joke. Jonah Goldberg attacks the Darwin Fish. The reason? He just watched the recently banned anti-Muslim movie Fitna and thinks that evolution advocates are smug… Continue Reading
There are sure to be lots of people who read this bit of demographic news and react in a panic. (Gates of Vienna, I’m looking at you.) But there’s no reason to panic at all. RTFA and you will find… Continue Reading
A rabbi from a conservative congregation asks (and answers) a relatively simple question: What would you say… to an 80-year-old Holocaust survivor who was unmoving in his conviction that all Germans were evil? What would you say to this person,… Continue Reading
Slate opens up the deathwatch with a great graphic of Hillary on the bow of a sinking Titanic, and sets her odds of getting the nomination at 12%. This is the sort of thing that really moves copy — it’s… Continue Reading
In this story, Wal-Mart is absolutely, positively, in the right from a legal perspective. It’s not even a close case. Whe your health insurer pays your health care costs resulting from an injury, and that injury is proven to have… Continue Reading