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I just saw Rotten Tomatoes is giving only a 22% “fresh” rating to Green Lantern. Damn. Well, maybe I’ll like it anyway.

Indications are that what had been predicted to be a peak part of the sun’s 11-year sunspot cycle is, for some reason, moving in to a lull period. The last time we had a Maunder Minimum, humanity lived through the… Continue Reading →

Now this is interesting. Further to my post from late last night concerning the showdown on the War Powers Resolution, it appears that the White House is calling the Speaker’s bluff,  but in a very unusual way. It sounds as… Continue Reading →

I think Judge Ware made the right call upholding Judge Walker’s decision in the Prop. 8 case. We can’t be disqualifying judges just because their rulings will have some sort of generalized impact on their own lives. (For a contrary… Continue Reading →

(Cross-posted at the front page.) The Speaker of the House yesterday sent a ‘warning letter’ to the President concerning the United States’ participation in NATO’s ongoing military adventure in Libya. The political fight now is about the War Powers Resolution,… Continue Reading →

Just got the note on my phone — the Northern District denied the proponents’ motion in the Prop. 8 case to vacate the ruling striking down Prop. 8. I have not read the ruling itself; I’m making a quick post… Continue Reading →

I hadn’t really paid a ton of attention to the Amanda Knox case from Italy until I read this recent piece evaluating it. Didn’t think there was anything particularly special about an American accused of a crime in another country;… Continue Reading →

Gracie Allen, Steve Allen, Fran Allison, Ella Baker, Daisy Bates, Milton Berle, William Boyd, Louis Brandeis, William Brennan Jr., George Burns, Raymond Burr, Art Carney, J. R. Clifford, Anna Julia Cooper, Gary Cooper, Medgar Evers, Felix Frankfurter, Jackie Gleason, Fannie… Continue Reading →

NOTE: Post-facto cross-posted to main page. By way of Jonathan Adler, I came across this Gray Lady editorial concerning California’s renewable-energy mandate. Renewable energy means, for the most part, solar and wind power. The primary concern raised by the author… Continue Reading →

Forty-four years ago today, the U.S. Supreme Court announced its decision in the famous case of Loving v. Virginia (1967) 388 U.S. 1.  At the time, sixteen states outlawed interracial marriages. But on June 2, 1958, the 24-year-old Richard Loving and his… Continue Reading →