While musing about Barack Obama’s admissions of past drug use, ambivablog suggests that “American voters don’t mind human imperfection. They mind hypocrisy and disrespect for their intelligence.” See, Obama admits trying cocaine when he was younger. Bush the Younger refused… Continue Reading
I commend to you, Loyal Readers, a marvellous column printed in the Christmas Eve edition of the Los Angeles Fish Wrapper.
Watch this video first. The animation is quite good and the story is compelling. Now ask yourself: Why is the kiwi bird crying at the end? Do you admire the kiwi? How is the kiwi any different from that guy… Continue Reading
Instapundit and Volokh have both offered the same opinion I did last night — had the Republicans made any meaningful kind of an effort to keep libertarian-inclined voters within the fold, they would not now be wailing and gnashing their… Continue Reading
I am not the only one taking notice of the fact that Battlestar Galactica is one of the best-written shows on television. One guy has suggested that this show is a fantastic lens for analysis of contemporary legal issues. He’s… Continue Reading
As my good friend at the Valley Press points out in an unsigned editorial (that I know perfectly well he wrote) it’s clear that the Republicans in the Administration have made a bloody, awful mess of things. But no one… Continue Reading
Is Target better than Wal-Mart? Oh, come on, do you have to even ask? I have had every single experience this guy complains about. Of course, there’s still nothing like Trader Joe’s anywhere. Tomorrow The Wife and I need to… Continue Reading
I’ve sort of noticed this phenomenon, too, although not really to the degree that the Times describes. When I’ve last flown, the planes have been reasonably clean. Of course, my last flight was on Midwest Express, which might be a… Continue Reading
For a news junkie, a slow news day is kind of a drag. Today to find something worthwhile to read in the New York Times, I found an article about how normally conservatively-dressed women like to wear sexy, revealing costumes… Continue Reading
If there’s one thing politicians are really good at, it’s explaining why every problem and difficulty is caused by someone else. If there’s one thing that Republicans like doing more than fighting Democrats, it’s fighting each other. And if there’s… Continue Reading