…President Barack Obama, for accepting an award for transparency in government in an unannounced, behind-closed-doors meeting. By now, pointing to Candidate Obama’s promises to implement a transparent government have become are a well-worn joke that I need not belabor; most… Continue Reading
I was going to provide a handy-dandy spreadsheet, going point by point through the President’s remarks on the “kinetic military action” in Libya to offer guidance about when we can and cannot fight against another nation, however despicable its leader… Continue Reading
Seems to me that the President’s speech justifying war in Libya boils down to: “Gadaffi is a really bad guy.” “But see, we knew that already, Mr. President.” “No, you don’t get it. He’s a really, really bad guy!” “Oh!… Continue Reading
What do all these men have in common? Bill Clinton Jackie Coogan Kevin Garnett Jeff Gordon Benjamin Harrison Willy Mays Robert Redford Christopher Reid Donnie Wahlberg Ted Williams …And I note that for three weeks in a row, there is… Continue Reading
Longtime readers will be aware that I sometimes try my hand at writing fiction. I spare all of you my efforts in that regard because the bulk of it is simply awful. So awful that upon finishing some work and… Continue Reading
No one who has been to a four-year liberal arts university could possibly have failed to have come across an essay purporting to deconstruct some element of pop culture from an allegedly radical point of view, arguing earnestly and for… Continue Reading
If you prowl the nonbeliever blogs as I do, you often come across people who are either new to the world of non-theistic life and looking for ways to express themselves to their faithful friends and family, or who are… Continue Reading
Recalling the close Packers-Dolphins game of last season, John Morgan likens the game to “… Varinia leaving for Gaul, showing their newborn son to Spartacus, saying ‘Please die, my love… die, die now my darling!’”. It was a good game,… Continue Reading
I live in an inland desert city of California. Its politics are dominated, as a practical matter, by an alliance between a group of land developers and four large more or less evangelical Christian churches. Mostly, those civic leaders have… Continue Reading
Lost: One F-15E Strike Eagle. Fortunately, the crew ejected safely and were recovered. Spent: Over $100,000,000 in missiles alone. That’s probably a decent way to measure it since resources like food and fuel would have been consumed and military personnel… Continue Reading