Wednesday, April 09, 2014

The Muppets and Generation X

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We were molded by Jim Henson and that's a good thing. [ Link ] Disney’s “Muppets Most Wanted”...
Tuesday, April 08, 2014

Well, well, well

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Looks like the CEO of OkCupid donated to an anti-gay cause. This is amusing because OkCupid was directly behind the purge of Brendan Eich at...

The Death of Archie

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Coming soon to "Life with Archie". The Alex Ross variant cover is creepy. [ Link ] What...
Monday, April 07, 2014

Hubris

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Will it sink the Democrats in November? [ Link ] Impressions are lasting. Americans in general have a fairly good sense of what is right ...
Friday, April 04, 2014

Calling for purges

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Well, that didn't take long. [ Link ] Some of my colleagues are celebrating. They call Eich a bigot who got what he deserved. I agre...
Monday, March 31, 2014

China makes Reader's Digest censor book

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The price of liberty is $30,000. [ Link ] The notion that the formerly mighty American publisher  Reader's Digest would allow the Chi...
Friday, March 28, 2014

A party of criminals

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Accused criminals, that is. [ Link ] Please, try not to let what I’m about to tell you destroy your faith in the integrity of the nationa...

Some are more equal than others

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Gun laws in D.C. [ Link ] Yesterday, a D.C. Judge found Mark Witaschek  guilty  of “attempted possession of unlawful ammunition” for poss...
Thursday, March 27, 2014

World Vision almost does the right thing

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Luckily, conservative Christians were able to convince World Vision to continue to discriminate. [ Link ] World Vision's American b...

College Players Granted Right to Form Union

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Good for them. Everyone else is profiting from their work. [ Link ] CHICAGO — A regional director of the National Labor Relations Board r...

A loss of trust

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Once lost, it will be difficult to regain. [ Link ] What distinguishes democracies from tinhorn dictatorships and totalitarian monstrosit...
Friday, March 21, 2014

Setting kids up to fail

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How can we educate the poor if they don't have qualified teachers or even the classes needed to advance academically? [ Link ] Racial...

Law enforcement entrapment getting a closer look

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The FBI does it like clockwork to make sure everyone knows the FBI hunts terrorists, whether they are real or not. Now the BATF gets slapped...

Routing around censorship

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The internet in action. Go Turks! [ Link ] Over the last few weeks we've discussed a few times how Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip...

Sending the wrong message

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Don't help others. Keep your head down and don't get involved. Don't go to authority figures and tell the truth. [ Link ] Not...

Rand Paul Speaks, UC Berkeley Listens

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This shouldn't be too surprising, Libertarian ideas on freedom and the right to be left alone appeal to many. [ Link ] This week,  Ra...