Every time this happens, the gun controllers seize the commanding heights of moral authority. “Can we finally now do something to stop the violence?” They say. Can we finally pass “sensible,” “reasonable,” gun laws? How many more have to die? So they rush out to fill the void of knowledge with wishcasting and devil-chasing, because they know that… Read More Poor Gun Controllers: They Just Can’t Help Themselves
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Labor smashed. Seats made marginal if not lost outright. The Greens likewise losing favour with the voters. This is not the world the leftwits planned to inherit. As the following predictions show, Kevin Rudd’s victory in 2007 warped their vision of the future somewhat. Tim Blair…
So according to a new book, one of the guys currently in jail for the 1998 murder of Matthew Shepard was tweaked to the eyeballs on meth, and had been for five days. And apparently Matthew Shephard was a meth dealer (among other things). I rather think this complicates the “Ew, a Gay!” motivation that… Read More “Now That We Have All The Hate Crime Legislation, We Can Tell The Truth About Matthew Shepard.”
…at least according to this apparently famous 1993 essay by Chip Morningstar, linked from Ace. He pretty much covers the steps of writing like Judith Butler in order to inflate your ideas, such as they are. It’s all great fun and the disciples of Derrida deserve every bit of trivialization. However, he says there’s a… Read More Deconstruction is Almost A Thing…
I’m one of those people. I’ve read all the books. I kept my mouth shut during the last season while everyone on Facebook was expressing hope that the Starks would somehow outwit the Lannisters. I still know things that the TV-only crowd doesn’t know (Lannisters always pays their debts). Since I don’t have HBO, I’m… Read More The Unremitting Torture That is Game of Thrones
Worth the read. Internships are a hazy area of labor. Are they really worth it?
Modern Apologetics 101.
T.B. Markinson at Self-Publishing Review calls it “an exhilarating read”. Not only is this story science fiction, but it’s also a thriller. As Burton and his assistant travel further and further into space the story slowly unfolds. It all starts to make sense. In the meantime, Burton has music from decades ago to keep him company… Read More The Solar System Blues Review is In!
Vladimir Putin seized, or received, or something, power from Boris Yeltsin on the last day of the 20th century. The 1990’s had been a dreadful time for Russia, and Putin has seemed hell-bent on restoring power and strength to the Motherland. While it may be overstating matters to claim that his New York Times Op-Ed… Read More The Triumph of Vladimir Putin
Good article, as one expects from McArdle, even when you don’t always agree with her. Never having been to business school, nor any kind of school at Harvard, I can’t dispute anything she discusses here. But on average, the women I talk to just aren’t nearly as willing to sacrifice close friendships, and family relationships,… Read More Megan McArdle on the Choices Women Make
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