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An old story describes a king who offered a fortune and his beautiful daughter in marriage to whoever could do the most amazing thing. Various knights and performers tried, but a handsome young man blew away everyone else with a clockwork made of gold, encrusted with jewels, and covered with beautiful paintings, all his own [...]
Archive for April, 2009
April 16th, 2009
Category: Energy and Environment, Wayward press
Matthew Wald, who likes to retail coal company talking points, is out Tuesday with a piece that deserves a place of honor in the journalism hall of shame. The facts behind the story are that in a collision between a big car and a little one, the little one will be much more damaged and [...]
April 16th, 2009
It’s time to schedule preliminary impeachment proceedings against federal judge and torture-memo author Jay Bybee.
April 14th, 2009
Category: Science and its methods
What’s your favorite outrage from the bold protectors of study participants?
April 14th, 2009
Category: Uncategorized
Justice Thomas’s role in America’s public life is a sad legacy of George H.W. Bush even if, as some readers have suggested, I may have exaggerated the evidence for the mismatch between his capabilities and the job of a Supreme Court Justice.
April 13th, 2009
Category: Uncategorized
A NYT report of an encounter between Clarence Thomas and a bunch of high school students reminds us how irresponsible George H.W. Bush was in domestic affairs. He did better overseas, but not as well as is generally thought remembered.
April 12th, 2009
Category: Crime Control
Since we don’t want to negotiate with pirates, we have no interest in developing a reputation for good faith in dealing with them.
April 12th, 2009
Category: Spirituality and Religion
It’s not actually about Peeps and chocolate rabbits. My other favorite resurrection It’s 200 years later, but I always hear this one in my head when I see the Grunewald and vice versa.