Wed - July 13, 2005Wed - July 6, 2005A long damn time in a long black robeThe Senate showdown on judicial filibusters (a
while back) and the upcoming retirement of Sandra Day O'Connor has got me
thinking about the lifetime appointments of Supreme Court justices and
high-court judges throughout the land. And I have a
question.
Is there any reason why it's important that the appointments be for life, as opposed to a very long but fixed period of time? Posted at 08:00 AM | Read This Entry | | |
Mon - June 27, 2005Cannabis and FriedmanIf you've long been wondering what Milton
Friedman has been smoking, look no further than today's burning
headlines:
Posted at 02:11 PM | Read This Entry | | |
Iraq war leaks: The hits keep on comingRecently, I've posted a few articles regarding
the revelations described in the Downing Street Memos, documents that were
released by an anonymous source in the British government. The upshot of the
DSMs, written in July of 2002 is that the US and UK governments were doctoring
intelligence months before the war
started.
This recent news (this time, about revelations from a source in the American military) suggests that's false: By July of 2002 the war had started already. In secret. Posted at 07:31 AM | Read This Entry | | |
I'm back......from mountain-climbing and tent-sleeping and
campfire-sitting up in Mineral King, part of the Sequoia National
Park.
Posted at 07:23 AM | Read This Entry | | |
Mon - June 13, 2005George Lakoff on NPRKQED morning host Michael Krasny interviewed
linguist George Lakoff on Forum Monday morning. I just took in a half-hour of
the show in its evening rebroadcast as I drove home.
Posted at 11:10 PM | Read This Entry | | |
Thu - June 2, 2005Index Librorum Prohibitorum: Wingnut editionI sometimes wonder what right-wing extremists do
for fun when they're not suppressing gay rights, opposing the teaching of
evolution, eroding the separation of church and state, or lying to the public
about the justification for expensive wars.
Posted at 11:24 AM | Read This Entry | | |
Fri - April 22, 2005Book memeFor those of you who don't read blogs all day:
the "book meme" is essentially a blog chain letter, propagated around the
blogosphere. I usually detest chain letters, but this one is
fun.
I was tagged by Shari at An Old Soul. From her answer, I learned that we both read cookbooks for fun. I will sometimes stretch a bowl of Cheerios for fifteen minutes as I moon over the pictures in The French Laundry Cookbook. Have a great weekend, everyone! Posted at 02:50 PM | Read This Entry | | |
Thu - April 21, 2005Outrage of the day(Via Feministe, on whose blog my blog has a
crush.)
Posted at 09:56 AM | Read This Entry | | |
Thu - April 14, 2005QOTDAs a man who wants to get married someday, I
can't say I strictly agree with Barney Frank. Still, you've got to love the guy
for saying this out loud.
Posted at 08:51 AM | Read This Entry | | |
Thu - March 24, 2005In saecula saeculorumThere's a vibrant discussion of the role of
religion over at Shakespeare's Sister, initiated by two of Shakey
Sis's as-always-thought-provoking QoTDs:
Question 1: Religious libs, how do you square your own tolerance and egalitarianism with some of the more intolerant and decidedly illiberal teachings of the religion to which you subscribe? You know you have an opinion, so wade into the comments over there. Or read on and hear my two cents... Posted at 01:14 PM | Read This Entry | | |
Thu - March 17, 2005He who reads these words of wit...This may be taking the concept of attribution a
bit too far, but here goes:
I read something interesting on the wall of a public restroom yesterday afternoon. Posted at 11:00 AM | Read This Entry | | |
Fri - February 25, 2005Ted Rall has my numberMy favorite liberal columnist takes bloggers to
task in his column this week.
Posted at 10:11 AM | Read This Entry | | |
Tue - February 22, 2005[Insert sailor joke here]The UK has begun actively recruiting gays into
the Navy.
Now, if the gay-baiting right in the US is correct, it's just a matter of time before all their ships sink, right? And when they don't, the gay-baiting right will abandon its objection to gays in the military...right? Posted at 09:28 AM | Read This Entry | | |
Mon - February 7, 2005We will always be at war against Eastasia"In accordance with the principles of doublethink
it does not matter if the war is not real. For when it is, victory is not
possible. The war is not meant to be won, but it is meant to be
continuous."
George Orwell, 1984 Posted at 02:29 PM | Read This Entry | | |
Mon - January 31, 2005"14 defining characteristics of fascism"This animation is making the rounds.
The basic thesis is an Ominous Parallels-type argument comparing American under Bush to Germany under Hitler (uh-oh...we sa gonna get in trouble!) Posted at 01:20 PM | Read This Entry | | |
Thu - January 27, 2005Strom Thurmond in the woodpileThe gentleman from South Carolina's illegitimate
African-American daughter's book is launched today.
It sounds like it's just the saddest thing in the whole damn word. Posted at 11:54 AM | Read This Entry | | |
Wed - January 26, 2005Let's lose our sense of humorAmericaBlog breaks the major news that George
Bush made a joke about senior citizens.
Posted at 02:03 PM | Read This Entry | | |
Fri - January 14, 2005"Faith is the Shibboleth"In the aftermath of the moral values "landslide"
(a wartime president scraping together a re-election with a margin of 1 in 40
voters), liberals increasingly refer to the strength of their faith to justify
themselves.
The implication being, I suppose, that people without religious faith are not justified. Posted at 06:02 PM | Read This Entry | | |
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