The terrorists hate it. Khalid Sheik Mohammed, one of the higher-level prisoners in Guantanamo Bay (and one of the guys who it looks like we really should find a way to hold on to forever) again made things difficult for… Continue Reading
The Fish Wrapper suggests that same-sex weddings may generate as much as $370 million over the next three years for California’s economy. That’s a good reason for anyone to like the new law — it’s nearly as much money pumped… Continue Reading
I don’t precisely know why the decision of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts in 2004 to require same-sex marriages did not get a reception like this year’s decision of the California Supreme Court to do exactly the same thing.… Continue Reading
The Parliament of Nepal issued the King an eviction notice today: you’re not the king anymore, so get out of the Royal Palace in 15 days. His Majesty’s failure to timely vacate the premises, I presume, will result in further… Continue Reading
This morning, the Field Poll released data suggesting that registered voters in California, by a 51% – 42% margin, support the idea of same-sex marriage. This is about an exact reversal of the gap that the Fish Wrapper reported last… Continue Reading
A seventeen-year-old girl in Basra, Iraq developed a crush on a young (presumably handsome) British soldier. Undoubtedly giggling like a schoolgirl about the boy, she confessed her crush to her friend, and word somehow got back to her dad. Who… Continue Reading
The Fish Wrapper can barely conceal its partisanship in the upcoming same-sex marriage initiative fight. You can tell that from reading the headline and the first paragraph of its article reporting on its findings in its poll about the issue.… Continue Reading
From time to time, I see articles with headlines like this one: “Five Mistakes Women Make At The Doctor’s Office“ I haven’t read the article very closely, but the mistakes are: 1) not questioning the doctor; 2) over-researching; 3) not… Continue Reading
The regime in Burma is being astonishingly slow to let in international aid. There are grisly photographs of tens of corpses floating in overflowing riverbanks. It would be inhuman to not want to see aid workers get in there, distribute… Continue Reading
The United States really detained a nice Italian lawyer – a man not of Arabic descent, not visibly Muslim, and in fact quite innocuous and was guilty only of trying to visit his girlfriend. There is no indication that he… Continue Reading