The linked article is about Brits, but the phenomenon is happening here in the States, too — weddings are becoming out of control expensive and elaborate. Enough so that couples are delaying getting married so that they can get all… Continue Reading
The Elliot Spitzer scandal — likely to result in him resigning about an hour (or $4,900, whichever comes first) from the time I write this post — got me thinking. If I were a prosecutor (at any level, be it… Continue Reading
Before the Emperor’s Club VIP website got taken down, reporters from the Fish Wrapper got some screen grabs of pages advertising the various “models” whose companionship was offered. The rates are on page six of the screen grabs — you… Continue Reading
Why the double standard, Hillary? Why?
Diplomacy sometimes works. It did in South America. Which is good — we need both the oil to flow and our client-state in Columbia to remain viable. War would not have been in the best interests of any of the… Continue Reading
Like a lot of people my age, I was a nerdy teenager who played Dungeons & Dragons. I’m sure it did things like stunt my athletic skills and keep me away from meeting girls. In retrospect, that doesn’t seem to… Continue Reading
You can read all of the briefs here. If you’ve the stomach for it, you can watch the three-hour oral argument here. I don’t have time for that tonight. The Fish Wrapper reports that three Justices seemed skeptical of the… Continue Reading
Admit it. You weren’t paying any attention at all to South America. Well, maybe you’d better start, because a three-way shooting war looks like it’s about to get started there. Here’s the deal. Columbia’s President, Juan Uribe, is considered a… Continue Reading
After a lot of investigation, the WaPo pronounces that Obama “parsed” his denial of the call to Canada and awards him two Pinocchios. Turns out that senior Obama advisor Austen Goolsbee “informally” met with (but did not phone) Georges Rioux,… Continue Reading
Tomorrow, there will be three hours of argument in California’s consolidated same-sex marriage case before the Supreme Court. As longtime readers know, I don’t see any reason why gay people should not be able to get married and I do… Continue Reading