“The notion that differences of opinion between the Catholic church and U.S. law will somehow render Catholic judicial nominees unconfirmable is demonstrably ludicrous. In addition to opposing gay marriage, the Catholic church also opposes...
So there’s this company. Maybe you’ve heard of it. It’s called “Apple”. (I know– really non-threatening!) I don’t harbor any animus against this company, personally. At least I didn’t. But several years ago, Apple...
“Twitter is social networking for the postapocalypse, a Spartan chatsystem for survivalists suffering from a radical scarcity of face-to-face information. There’s a reason so many zombie enthusiasts tweet. But until we are legend, Twitter...
…that before any news commentator states that waterboarding isn’t torture they should at least have to experience it first.
It’s very good news that steps are finally being taken to ease relations with Cuba. So far, Obama’s efforts to normalize American/Cuban relations have not gone nearly far enough, but I understand the need...
Say what you will about the ACLU, but they’re pretty darn consistent when it comes to opposing unwarranted government surveillance.
“I think if you let journalists become your grand strategists, you are gonna go straight to hell.” –Thomas PM Barnett — Br. Scott and I are embarking on a series of posts digesting (better...
Via Kipesquire (I couldn’t have said it better myself): The “victimized” Christian bigots are of course not making a thorough, comprehensive (i.e., truly libertarian) demand for full entrepreneurial freedom of contract — and its...
As far as columns designed to provoke go, Tom Ricks’ latest effort has succeeded admirably: Want to trim the federal budget and improve the military at the same time? Shut down West Point, Annapolis...
I can’t remember how I first found Spengler, but it was sometime in the fall of 2007 when I was tentatively trying to figure out how to run my first blog. Then as now,...
We have been accused from time to time of having far too many posts many of which are far too long – and conversely, others have accused us of having far too few posts,...
Scott makes the argument, bizarre to my ears, that the language of morality has somehow become the special property of the religious Right, and implies that the movement liberalism has neglected its inheritance of...
I’ve had time to give the Bybee memo a good read, and I’ve gotten pretty far into the first Bradbury memo. First, let me say that I think my position on the techniques stated...
…taking up residence to the libertarian paradise that is Somalia. I’ve had a few liberals tell me I ought to go there. I could use a change of scenery anyway. H/T to the commenter...
Customarily, these Friday Night Jukebox posts come with some ruminations about the musician or music in question. But I’m afraid the same real-life conditions that compel me to post these videos leave me able...
“Disclosure of the techniques is likely to be met by faux outrage, and is perfectly packaged for media consumption. It will also incur the utter contempt of our enemies. Somehow, it seems unlikely that...
To follow-up briefly on the recent discussion regarding intramural conservative debate, there’s an odd tendency among certain mainstream conservatives to unduly concern themselves with enforcing intellectual orthodoxy. Case in point is this hysterical blog...
Scott (and, by implication, Freddie) has put together a challenging retort to my arguments that most large-scale political protests are inevitably undermined by the unpreventable introduction of irrelevant issues into the protest and are thus...
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on Open Mic for the week of 3/31/25I was just going to post this. They really don't have much power over President Trump at this point.…
on Open Mic for the week of 3/31/25Rats fleeing a sinking ship watch: https://www.rawstory.com/bessent-trump-tariffs/
on Open Mic for the week of 3/31/25No, the issue is that the way the tariffs were set is very, very stupid. Like, no rational person wi…
on Open Mic for the week of 3/31/25Finally an actual answer. Took enough to pry the answers out of you. So, the whole issue is it is no…
on When a Maiden Needs a FriendWell done.
on Weekend Plans Post: Batchin’ ItMade about 4 pounds of pepper bacon. 2 pounds to go. on Open Mic for the week of 3/31/25Newsom announces California is going to seek its own exemptions to Tariffs: https://www.axios.com/20… on Open Mic for the week of 3/31/25https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:dwaduijo6ngdgzmir5vovzrh/post/3llynh6uoyk2z?ref_src=embed&ref_u…
on Open Mic for the week of 3/31/25This WaPo article is making the rounds from (anonymous) inside sources on how the 'tariff' formula w… on Open Mic for the week of 3/31/25The lesson of St. Pierre is that we just need to return all of the Jordan's to Cambodia, and we'll b…
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