This is my Prime Minister
Its election season again in the US (when is it not). Election season just finished for us a month ago in Singapore. So, something I want to ask you guys is this: This is my...
Daily Archive: October 20, 2011
The Truth is Out There, But is It A Fantasy?… on the X-Files and the difference between sic-fi and fantasy
(Note: Some of my thoughts here are riffed off of comments I made in Jaybird’s Explanation! post over at Mindless Diversions. I recommend that site a lot. For those that have never jumped over...
From the Comments: Justice and Sweatshops
by Creon Critic, in a rejoinder to Murali (1.) Should there be any limits on working conditions? Are their any abuses that are intolerable in and of themselves, abuses which need be stopped irrespective...
Would J.R.R. Tolkien Have Occupied Wall Street?
I’m not sure where this came from originally (I found it on Facebook) but it’s pretty hilarious. Of course, it’s hard to say what Tolkien would have thought of these particular protests. He was...
Our Feckless Discourse About Immigration
Just a quick followup on Tod’s post about the debate. As has been widely reported for several days now, Obama set a new deportation record in the last fiscal year (narrowly edging out the previous record,...
Libyan Spider Hole
The Beeb is reporting that Muammar Quaddafi has captured by Libya’s transitional government, hiding in a spider hole much like Saddam Hussein had been. Or maybe he was killed. (UPDATE: Al-Jazeera and the Gray Lady are...
