Over on the blog, Defending People: The Art and Science of Criminal Defense Lawyering, after a post titled “Thoughts on a Hanging,” a character named “Y” comments: Wait. A. Minute. How can we have real liberty if we lack safety? How is a man free to “pursue happiness” — another key phrase to our country’s […]

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I’m not even going to bother linking to the latest round of stories about the planned government bail-out of banks.  Suffice it to say that the news today makes it almost impossible to avoid the thought that the economy is in the tank.  Now the very people who put it there are going to take […]

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You really have to wonder what kind of world we’re trying to create here. Between politics and stuff like the story that “inspires” today’s blog posting, I’m really ready to give up on us. An elementary school in Massachusetts has banned playing tag during recess. One mother says her son feels safer because of the […]

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I ran across an article over at TeaFizz called “The Truth”. The article was about comments recently made by former-President Jimmy Carter which are apparently causing quite a stir in some circles. Near as I can tell, it’s mostly Republicans and christians — but perhaps not exclusively them, as that last link to someone I […]

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It’s amazing how dependent we’ve become, in “modern” America, on services like the Internet which didn’t even exist (commercially) more than 15 years ago. It’s also amazing how dependent we’ve become on other countries to provide our services.

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The War President has a problem. It’s not likely to be one that will cause him to lose his political office, but it could — and it’s a serious problem nonetheless.

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CBS News reports: Last week, the army convicted five new recruits on charges that they refused to serve in the military for political reasons. The five, who are to be sentenced Tuesday, could each receive as much as three years in jail. The story in which this quote appears mentions a growing resistance within the […]

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I never cease to be amazed at jew-baiters. I suppose I should stop being surprised. And if they weren’t so doggone dangerous, I’d just ignore them. After all, even asking questions and voicing concerns is often enough to set off a new round of antisemitism.

On the other hand, after reading one of Vachon’s articles on Counterpunch, it appears he may just have taken one-too-many bad acid trips.

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