I'm sorry, but no, I don't respect everyone's views and opinions.
An amusing article in this morning's Times recounts how the various presidential campaigns are being blindsided by the unexpected sites where their web-buy advertising is showing up: Visitors to Gay.com can sign up to find the perfect dating partner, advice on sex and how-to articles on same-sex
Via █████: To follow up on the Thomas Ravenel story... Greg Ryberg has Star Trek technology.
South Carolina state treasurer Thomas Ravenel has been indicted on federal charges for cocaine distribution. Buried at the bottom of that article, you'll see that Ravenel is the South Carolina state chairman for Giuliani's presidental campaign. Is it coincidence that Mayor Bloomberg, only a short time
Via █████: My father used to teach me, in soberest earnestness, a version of the supposed prophecy discussed in this Salt Lake Tribune article: It's Mormon lore, a story passed along by some old-timers about the importance of their faith and their country. In the latter days, the story
In the Guardian, Naomi Wolf shows us the road to a "Fascist America, in 10 Easy Steps": 1. Invoke a terrifying internal and external enemy 2. Create a gulag 3. Develop a thug caste 4. Set up an internal surveillance system 5. Harass citizens' groups 6. Engage
I'd like to propose a law. My idea is inspired by a technique I proposed for preventing executives from prioritizing the most egregiously idiotic of projects, but admittedly those stakes are small beer compared to the problem my law would address. The proposal is simple. Before declaring preemptive
My good friend Michael Harrison has produced a very funny critique of the Iraq Algebra Study Group: We think that direct talks with these math brains might lead to insights and opportunities for joint studying and maybe even structured tutoring. We know Timmy has differences with these two, accusing them,
My subway reading the past couple of days has been the Bruce Sterling collection Globalhead. This morning I was sailing right through—until I decided to change things up and take a different route to work. When I hopped onto the 6 train downtown, I entered the flow of a
Holy shit! It's way too late, but Rummy has resigned. This is too much good news in 24 hours. I'm trying not to be giddy, because we're still deep in the weeds and liable to be there for quite a while. Thanks in no
I love the United States. I hate what our government is doing to it. I hate that we're allowing it. I love Molly Ivins, who writes in "Why the Torture Bill Matters," in part: I'd like those supporting this evil bill to spare me
From the ever irrepressible Walter Becker: http://walterbecker.com/escape.html
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