October 8, 2011
Ironic stupidity

Look, I’m not a Apple fan. I’m tech-savvy enough that I can blissfully manage on hardware that may not be as elegant as what Apple produces, but is far cheaper. And, frankly, the hagiography in the media over Steve Jobs’ death is just a little over the top. However, this is funny.

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October 8, 2011
Foggy Bottom, foggy thinking

Via My Pet Jawa comes this report on what the Democrat-run State Department is doing on behalf of the American people. An official from the U.S. State Department has called the Charlotte family of al-Qaida propagandist Samir Khan to offer the government's condolences on his death in a U.S. drone attack last week in Yemen, […]

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October 6, 2011
Amazon links are back

For those of you who hadn’t noticed, Amazon links are back on the site. A couple weeks back California Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill that acted as a ceasefire document between the state and Amazon, and Amazon has re-instated the affiliate program. Thank you to all of you who make purchases through this site. […]

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October 5, 2011
Who watches the watchers?

The Miami Herald reported last weekend that Spanish-language network Univision had created a segment on a decades-old drug bust of Republican Senator Marco Rubio’s brother-in-law. In an effort to get Rubio to appear on one of their shows, Univision reportedly offered to soften or spike the story if Rubio would appear. If Rubio appeared on […]

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October 3, 2011
Smart presidents

As I was doing some traveling this past weekend I had the opportunity to listen to the audiobook of Candice Millard's "Destiny of the Republic," on President James A. Garfield and his assassination. Though I have not yet finished it, it is an excellent, gripping story. What prompts this comment on the book is a […]

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