I’m away from my regular life right now, attending to a very serious illness within my family. I don’t know if I’m getting a good feel for northern Alabama on this visit, but then again maybe I am. From what… Continue Reading
Yet the dreamer, the story-teller, was there still, waiting for his opportunity amidst the busy preoccupations, the comings and goings, the wars and processions, the castle building and cathedral building, the arts and loves, the small diplomacies and incurable feuds,… Continue Reading
There are croakers in every country, always boding its ruin. – Benjamin Franklin
Dave Schuler has a couple of posts up, responding to a Charles Murray op-ed. I recommend reading both and the ensuing discussions (In fact, I recommend reading Schuler regularly – a good, independent voice on current events.) The SuperZIPs one… Continue Reading
I wonder if this is indicative of anything. A while back I used an app that scanned my friends and put them into political categories. I assume that if my friend said “Republican” or “conservative” or “righty” or “right-wing” (some… Continue Reading
We are a culture that has been denied, or has passively given up, the linguistic and intellectual tools to cope with complexity, to separate illustion from reality. We have traded the printed word for the gleaming image. Public rhetoric is… Continue Reading
The porn industry is quick to raise the First Amendment as its primary argument against governmental intervention of any sort. And not without justification — governments from the Feds down to municipalities are notoriously hostile to pornography. Which is odd,… Continue Reading
The Top 15 states, in the contiguous 48 states and excluding Washington DC, in order: California, New Jersey, New York, Washington, Nevada, Maryland, Massachusetts, Virginia, Illinois, Oregon, Minnesota, Connecticut, and Texas.
Sins may be forgiven. Crimes require punishment. – George R.R. Martin
Who can explain just how he became the person he is? It does not happen this day or that one. It is a gradual evolution that happens largely unheralded. – David Anthony Durham