A Spanish court issued indictments today for six Americans, some of whose names will sound familiar to all of you: Douglas Feith, John Yoo, Jay Bybee, William J. Haynes II, David Addington, and Alberto Gonzales. These six men are accused… Continue Reading
Hollywood glamorizes and romanticizes pirates. Johnny Depp and Kiera Knightley looking sexy in outlandish costumes, “Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum me hearties,” and all that. It goes all the way back to one of my favorite early Hollywood movies,… Continue Reading
I’ve written before, on many occasions, that there are only two kinds of prejudice that seem widely socially acceptable anymore in the United States — that directed against gay people, and that directed against atheists. Both sorts of prejudice take… Continue Reading
Now, Newt Gingrich has to get the nod for coolest line of the week, when he urged President Obama to attempt to prevent the North Koreans from launching their ill-concealed ICBM test very early this morning with our SDI program… Continue Reading
This morning, the Iowa Supreme Court struck down that state’s ban against same-sex marriages. The complete opinion of Varnum, et. al. v. Brien (Iowa Sup. Ct. No. 07-1499, April 3, 2009) can be read here. Interestingly, it is a unanimous… Continue Reading
A lot of other law blogs have discussed this recent case. So have a lot of other atheist blogs. And of course, blogs by atheist lawyers have been all over it — except for mine, at least up until now.… Continue Reading
On the one hand, it’s pretty clear that there needs to be a profound shakeup at General Motors. Rick Waggoner has run the company into the ground — perhaps he was overtaken by forces much larger than the company, but… Continue Reading
However, Secretary Clinton is a Methodist and may well be forgiven by Catholics for not knowing the official RCC story — the image appeared miraculously on this guy’s cloak one day on a hill near Mexico City after he saw… Continue Reading
There are apparently people who are considering, with straight faces and serious, self-righteous attitudes, prohibiting new vehicles sold in California from being painted black. Why? Black cars cause more smog. No, seriously. Stop laughing. This is real. See, black colored… Continue Reading
That’s right. You’ll see it on the news tomorrow. But you read it here first. Tomorrow, the Congressional Budget Office will forecast that the 2009-2010 federal budget will run at a staggering, unbelievable, mind-blowing, and scarcely comprehensible two trillion dollar… Continue Reading