The Westboro Baptist Church decided to picket Comic Con 2010 for some reason. (God probably hates anime.) The cosmic alliance of convention-goers responded by staging a counter-protest across the street with an appropriately high level of silliness. Pictures here....
[Note: This post discusses the second chapter of the book Empire of Illusion by Chris Hedges, which some of us are reading. It mainly discusses pornography in general, so I’d like to invite those...
As someone who’s won the citizenship lottery (read: American born), I’m very reluctant to comment on immigration. But I do believe in certain mild restrictions on the influx of new arrivals, so here’s my...
PHLEBAS the Phoenician, a fortnight dead, Forgot the cry of gulls, and the deep seas swell And the profit and loss. A current under sea Picked his bones in whispers. As he rose...
Rod Dreher, writing at his new digs at Big Questions Online, has this to say about parenting and happiness: “The loss of parental freedom is severe, and if young marrieds had any idea how...
Without endorsing or disputing it (for personal reasons, there are important elements of Webb’s piece that I am not comfortable commenting upon) , I just want to say that this piece by Jim Webb in today’s Wall Street...
This is why we should repeal the estate tax altogether for illiquid assets, and maybe do away with annual property taxes, too. The creation of a penniless aristocracy would benefit us all.
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on Open Mic for the week of 2/24/2025No flu vaccine for the 2025/2026 season: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/us/politics/fda-flu-vacc…
on Open Mic for the week of 2/24/2025Might be time to revisit whether Israel shares its Iron Dome tech with Ukraine. on Open Mic for the week of 2/24/2025"This isn't the President Trump I voted for. This isn't the President Trump in my headspace." It is…
on Weekend Plans Post: PsychI hadn't bought a new bike for more than 25 years, and the current pair no longer fit my needs. I'm…
on From Fox News: AG Pam Bondi announces Epstein files will start to be released on Thursday the 27thNo, but it doesn't surprise me. on From Fox News: AG Pam Bondi announces Epstein files will start to be released on Thursday the 27thI'm not even assuming that Acosta was telling the truth. Maybe he was lying! You'd think that that'd… on From Fox News: AG Pam Bondi announces Epstein files will start to be released on Thursday the 27th"“I was told Epstein ‘belonged to intelligence’ and to leave it alone.” You're assuming he worked fo… on From Fox News: AG Pam Bondi announces Epstein files will start to be released on Thursday the 27thYeah, you know what? We should have a post dedicated to finding out what happened. Maybe with a comm…
on From Fox News: AG Pam Bondi announces Epstein files will start to be released on Thursday the 27thBasically arguing against there being anything worth investigating at all and accusations that there…
on Open Mic for the week of 2/24/2025Now the neocons at the Bulwark are some of the sharpest Trump critics out there. Much better than so…
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