It's probably gone under the radar for the past few days because too many people, including yours truly, have long ago come to the conclusion that New York Times public editor Byron Calame is an even more ineffectual advocate than his oft-derided predecessor, Daniel Okrent. So, imagine my surprise when I checked Calame's Web Journal […]
It looks like those sleazy payday loan(sharks) won't be getting so much cash out of military members according to this report. Interest rates on payday loans to military service members would be limited under an agreement reached yesterday by House and Senate Republicans. The measure, imposing a 36 percent cap on the annual interest rate […]
Florida Republican Rep. Mark Foley resigned from the House Friday amid allegations that he is a pervert and sexual predator. ABC News reported yesterday that it had interviewed Foley, 52, about excerpts of instant messages provided by current and former pages under the age of 18. ABC reported that Foley, under the AOL Instant Messenger […]
I was going to write about this yesterday, but I had to get up early this morning and then worked about a 12-hour day, so I want to get this down on paper before I hit the sack. During Thursday's Senate debate on the legislation setting up military commissions and the treatment of captured terrorists, […]
This is a tech-related post. If that sort of stuff doesn't interest you, just skip the rest. It seems like those USB thumb drives only seem to last about a year. At least, that's how long my last two have lasted -- the second died today. I didn't have anything on it that I don't […]
It's just sad. Really. MSNBC's Keith Olbermann, usually ignored here, is a sad, sad man. First off, the guy is the toast of the DailyKos set. Which means he's a nut. Second, there's this effort to toot his own horn, via NRO's Media Blog. Tonight, Keith Olbermann tried desperately to convince his viewers that they […]
The Democrat Party has been big on "rights" for decades. The "right" to affordable healthcare. The "right" to a "living" wage. If you name it, and it's a good thing, then dangit, you have a "right" to have it. These "rights" are never limited to U.S. citizens, when Democrats speak of them, they are, at […]
New York Times Supreme Court reporter and Pulitzer Prize winner Linda Greenhouse gave a speech in June at her alma mater, Radcliffe, and it's readily apparent that she's tired of supressing her personal, political views. In June, Linda Greenhouse returned to Cambridge, Mass., to be honored at Harvard. Greenhouse, a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter who covers […]
There's a great article in the Sunday New York Times Magazine on Michael Oher. My favorite part: From the first play of the game, the Munford defensive end who lined up directly across from Michael targeted him for special ridicule. The Munford player was about 6-foot-2 and couldn’t have weighed more than 220 pounds, and […]