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Progress: [P1] Neuroscientific manipulation may be able to cure you of whatever thoughts society thinks ails you. Psychatric treatments may change personalities. [P2] Android is a good operating system on phones and tablets, but I think its limitations would start… Continue Reading →

As y’all know, we’re headed east. Not to say where in the east, other than “Queenland” (not to be confused with Real-life Queensland, Australia), but I am roughly equidistant from Washington DC and another major metropolitan area. Due to the… Continue Reading →

Ed Zitron has a fantastic idea: Google 16GB Nexus 7 retails for $200. Cheap Android tablets are rapidly racing toward the $50 range – though one can’t guarantee quality at $64.99 – and I see no reason why Google hasn’t… Continue Reading →

Clancy’s last day at work was Friday. She finished her notes and paperwork on Sunday. She is officially free! Tomorrow/today (Tuesday) we are heading to Deseret to the airport. It’s going to be a busy day. Wednesday we’re going to… Continue Reading →

Note: This post is part of our League Symposium on the Best Video Games Ever.  To see a list of all posts in the Symposium so far, please click here. I’m an RPG guy. And I’m going old school here.… Continue Reading →

So, Friday night I went to go see Man of Steel. After the movie let out, it was around midnight. I wanted to smoke a few cigarettes before returning home. Due to the heat and the lack of air conditioning… Continue Reading →

As an academic, I worked where affirmative action does most of its work: higher ed. Each semester, I would get an e-mail from administration asking how one or two students were doing in my class. Peculiarly (I thought), they always… Continue Reading →

Today should be the last day on the Supreme Court’s docket. There are only three cases left on the docket for the Court to decide. For once, I had a few moments to prepare for this, so below the fold,… Continue Reading →

Since yesterday we didn’t get everything from the Supreme Court’s docket, here’s today’s action: Koontz v. St. Johns River Management District. 5-4 in favor of the government actor, upheld existing requirements for regulatory takings. Majority opinion by Alito, joined by… Continue Reading →