Today at work some friends and I went to Rearn Thai for lunch. They have a new location, conveniently situated directly across the street from the old location. The food is pretty much the same (which is a good thing), but the new building is very different. Their previous location had a cozy feel with […]
This has popped up several places already, but I think it’s very important that people are aware of it. Bush has provided more evidence that he thinks he’s above the law: President Bush agreed with great fanfare last month to accept a ban on torture, but he later quietly reserved the right to ignore it, […]
Ed Brayton, from Dispatches from the Culture Wars, rips into a rant posted at stoptheaclu.com. The author of the rant, Gribbit, contends at one point that “The Great Society” is a failure, and complains about Democratic policies to “re-distribute the wealth of this nation.” Brayton responds: Here’s a pop quiz for Gribbit – with full […]
From now on, if you plan on saying anything annoying online, you’d better do it under your real name: Last Thursday, President Bush signed into law a prohibition on posting annoying Web messages or sending annoying e-mail messages without disclosing your true identity. This seems like a ridiculous violation of the first amendment, and it’s […]
Four-year-olds may often be terrors, but do we really need to be concerned that they may be terrorists? Edward Allen’s reaction to being on the government’s “no-fly” list should have been the tip-off that he is no terrorist. “I don’t want to be on the list. I want to fly and see my grandma,” the […]
Wednesday, the newly-elected Dover Area school board nixed their predecessors’ Intelligent Design policy: On a voice vote, and with no discussion beforehand, the newly elected Dover Area School Board unanimously rescinded the policy. Two weeks earlier, a judge ruled the policy unconstitutional. “This is it,” new school board president Bernadette Reinking said Tuesday, indicating the […]
MSN Spaces, Microsoft’s blogging service, has been helping the Chinese government suppress dissenting voices by monitoring and censoring Chinese blogs that use the MSN service. According to Rebecca MacKinnon, they’re getting more aggressive and have even shut down one popular, outspoken blogger. I never liked MSN Spaces anyway – they list comments in reverse-chronological order. […]
This is coming a little late, since I was away when the ruling was announced in the Kitzmiller case, but I wanted to make a brief comment on it anyway. Of the possible decisions that could have been made, Judge Jones made a pretty strong ruling. Rather than confining himself to merely saying that the […]
I was away visiting family for Christmas, but I’m back now. Posts may be sporadic until I get back into the swing of things. Hope I didn’t miss anything too important!
