Featured post from the past: Worship interrupted
Senator Schumer strong-arms Apple
I’ve always had the impression that New York Senator Charles Schumer is little more than a publicity hound, and most of what he does just confirms my suspicions. Yesterday (Thursday), for example, he boldly and courageously demanded – well, requested – that Apple do something about the iPhone 4’s “death grip” problem. He also want Read the rest
Is the World Cup over yet?
I know; it still drags on for a few more days. What little interest I had evaporated when the U.S. team lost to Ghana. I watched about 15 minutes of that match, an experience that only confirmed my dislike of watching soccer in general and the World Cup in particular What I hated about watching Read the rest
Unlike Solomon, Supreme Court divides the living baby
The First Amendment, the first of the ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution known collectively as the Bill of Rights, is short: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably Read the rest
Off to college – is your kid prepared?
Most parents of recent high school grads who are now preparing for freshman year at some distant college or university are around 40-60 years old. That is, they are a generation or more removed from what their college experience was (or what they would have expected it to be had they gone). And I suspect Read the rest
Obamanation: No limits
Does anyone else appreciate the extreme irony of referring to the feudal lords that infest the Obama administration as “czars”? It was, after all, Czar Nicholas II that Obama’s Marxist heroes overthrew and assassinated in 1917-1918. So, it would be much more appropriate to refer to Obama’s deputy dictators as “Commissars”. For example, consider this Read the rest
The global-warming hoax on trial
A review of the peer-edited literature reveals a systematic tendency of the climate establishment to engage in a variety of stylized rhetorical techniques that seem to oversell what is actually known about climate change while concealing fundamental uncertainties and open questions regarding many of the key processes involved in climate change. [emphasis added] Jason Johnston Read the rest