Archive for July, 2005

Doctors, Insurance and Lawyers, Oh My! »

by Rudy Takala Fyodor Dostoevsky once wrote, “In the end they will lay their freedom at our feet and say to us, ‘Make us your slaves, but feed us.’” Such words would seem to describe the state to which modern proponents of constitutionalism and individualism have been relegated. The most recent example of this is the... »

Drunk mom, unhappy with son’s housekeeping skills, punched him in the head, whipped him with extension cord, and belted him with an ashtray »

Learning from the British Stoic Reaction »

Good Enough Justice for Now »

Liberals Love America, BUT… »

Mike Cox The Super-Athlete: Avenging Angel or Shameless Self-promoter? »

by Anna Frost Mike Cox is not just Michigan’s Attorney General. With Ms. Prof. Katharine MacKinnon on the Michigan State University team, he’s right in the midst of the perfect storm of the triumph of MacDworkinism, and he ain’t gonna let the prizes to be taken from him by anyone’s team. Not only has he... »

Populist Potential »

The Boys of Summers: Crazy Fathers Misbehaving »

Women Get Together, Have ‘Good Feelings’ About Science – or – honey, is that a big telescope or are you just happy to see me? »

Sabotage and the Saboteur »

Scratch Another Republican off the 2008 List »

8-Year-Old Charged For Sexual Conduct With His 14-Year Old Sitter »

Culture War at the Pharmacy Counter »

by Robert Paul Reyes If I hand the Blockbuster clerk the empty cases for “Pulp Fiction” and “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre”, I expect him to fill the cases with the DVD’s. If he tells me, “I’m sorry Mr. Reyes but those movies are replete with violence, in good conscience I can’t allow you to rent... »

Italian Mafia Coming to America Soon »

As mentioned earlier, I have a column in the Sunday edition of the Honolulu Advertiser. It’s on why financial spendature for space exploration isn’t a waste of money that could “be better spent here on earth.” Here it is. I’m on a weak dial-up connection, powered by a little dog running on a wheel just... »

THE LATEST NONSENSE ABOUT RACE I am not sure that this summary of a commentary by Arne Ohman, of the Karolinska Institute in Sweden is really worth mentioning but the final sentence in the extract below could mislead: “By treating men and women like Pavlov’s dogs, and giving them electric shocks while they looked... »

Yes Jimmy Carter, It’s Our Entire Fault »