Hénin-Beaumont When you hear people say all over the world, “Bin Laden was the first terrorist… Bush was the second terrorist,” this is what they mean. If our elected leaders do not want to abide by the Geneva Convention, they should pull out of it. If they want to torture American citizens they should write new […]
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American Exceptionalism.
15-Feb-10It is tried over and over again – and it fails every time. The Law, as says Paul, “is powerless to oppose the flesh.” But still the temptation remains to fix it all with a law. The most effective mode of practicing this heresy, of course, is to pick a minority and enforce the law […]
I (Heart) Hypocrisy.
30-Jan-10Here’s the Senate vote on an amendment which would require all new debits to be offset by counterbalancing credits – “pay as you go,” an anti-deficit measure. “Hateful to me as the gates of Hades is that man who hides one thing in his heart and speaks another.” The disgust I feel for men without […]
New Content for the Internet.
11-Jan-10I had the pleasure of going over the Hamilton Fish Bridge on I-84 twice today (that’s the (Hamilton Fish) Bridge, not the Hamilton (Fish Bridge), by the way). It’s named for one of the Hamilton Fishes, a family of New York politicians. There were several of the name, and like Roman Marcus Claudius Marcelluses or […]
Marriage.
07-Jan-10A curious graphic from Andrew Sullivan, showing the (few) states that allow same-sex marriage, and the (many) states that allow marriage between first cousins. Is there supposed to be an “eww” factor here? What rationale could be used to ban marriage between first cousins if they have the right to marry whomever they please? The […]
The Impossible.
07-Jan-10I don’t know if he said this, but if he did, this might make me like a guy like Rahm Emanuel: According to reports, Emanuel told Dayan the U.S. is sick of the Israelis, who adopt suitable ideas months too late, when they are no longer effective. The U.S. is also sick of the Palestinians […]
Still an abuse of the law.
29-Dec-09Attempts to make law enforcement a business just create stupidity, petty regulation, law for law’s sake, and injustice. Even if it’s petty injustice. http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/space_hogs_lapped_on_empty_subways_m7iRAd9b4E9alYPuGvy5OO
Mayhem in Queens.
22-Dec-09Stories of airline horrors at JFK, which seems likely to be the case until Christmas Day. Delta having one person at the checkin desk, six hour waits, and so forth. Police called in to quell the angry mob. Where is all the money going in these industries? The employees are not well paid. There aren’t […]
More on healthcare.
22-Dec-09From Marc Ambinder.
Andrew Sullivan for Lent.
18-Feb-10cheapest place to buy Quetiapine I meditated on this piece by Sullivan all day yesterday. A friend called it the best thing he’s ever written. I don’t know what to do about it all, but I’ll start with two things: never presuming we are better than any other dictator or government we think we can topple or replace; trying to […]