Cut It Out Ya’ll
Well. Someone landed at my blog today via the following Google search: Interracial voice hates black culture. WTF? Over. Now, the sentiments expressed in that particular string of words above may or may not...
Author: James Landrith
Government Thievery
Radley Balko writing for Tech Central Station on We're From the Government and We're Here to Help: Dan Peruchi, father of four, enjoyed fixing up old cars and reselling them. Because the dealers he...
Passing Through – Maybe Not
Gabriel Gasave of the Independent Institute on Imposing Transit Visas: Just Another Low-Flying Idea? Late this past summer, the U.S. government announced the temporary suspension of two programs that allowed certain international air passengers...
Amazon Innovation
Steven Johnson of Slate on The Best Search Idea Since Google: How Amazon can make money from books you already own. Amazon.com's announcement this week of its new "search inside" feature—allowing full-text searches of...
Cooking, Old School
CBC News on Researchers dig up earliest 'butcher shop' Anthropologists working in Ethiopia say they've found the earliest direct evidence of a stone tool "kitchen," dating back 2.6 million years. The stone tools were...
Fascist Shoutout
Russell Madden on You Might Be a Fascist . . . nod in agreement that individuals must show proof of identity in order to open a bank account because otherwise the terrorists will win....
Draft Boards???!!
BBC News on US raises spectre of conscription: The American defence department has begun a recruitment drive for local draft boards, raising questions about a possible revival of conscription. A notice on a department...
More on Iraq From Dr. Eland
Dr. Ivan Eland of the Independent Institute on Is Iraq Another Vietnam? As the insurgency in Iraq gets bolder, more sophisticated and more deadly, the hawks are falling all over themselves to pooh-pooh comparisons...
DMOZ Reorganization
For those who've been reading this weblog for a while, you're aware that in addition to this blog and my publications, I also edit a few sections of the Online Directory Project over at...
Ben Franklin and Daylight Savings Time
Danny Heitman on Can the break of day be negotiated? As Daylight Saving Time concludes this weekend, many Americans will roll back their clocks and grab an extra hour of sleep – a windfall...