The wrong side of history
So what about Egypt, eh? Is there anything more amazing than the relatively spontaneous gathering of humanity to peacefully declare freedom for itself? This following Tunisia must bring up comparisons to Eastern […]
SportSunday: Cutler's critics are way out of line, but it's probably his own damned fault
Let’s establish something here and now: I detest Jay Cutler. He’s an entitled, punk-ass little sulk whose attitude makes everyone around him worse. The way he handled his exit from Denver was […]
Is "It's not fair" a childish response to being denied nuclear weapons?
Nonproliferation is a non-starter when those who seek to enforce it refuse to convincingly disarm. Nuclear “apartheid” is a critical concern to many states.
America to Dr. Slammy, "It ain't me, babe."
A good blog is one that makes you stop and think for a few minutes. A great blog is one that causes you to stare off into space for a month or […]
S&R Poetry: Timorous Trigonometries, by Mark Todd
Timorous Trigonometries by Mark Todd “The limit of ‘the secant line’ is ‘the tangent line.’” – John H. Matthews & Russell W. Howell, “The Tangent Parabola” in The AMATYC Review Their remarks […]
Straight from the Only in America files: Bristol Palin to speak on abstinence at Washington U
Bristol Palin, daughter of former Alaska governor and Republican VP candidate Sarah Palin, will address Washington University students on abstinence during next month’s Sex Week activities. The younger Palin, you’ll recall, became […]
Why don't the free marketeers of education believe in, you know, the free market?
If I’m a parent, or a prospective employer, or the admissions committee of a university, what I really want to know is whether a particular young man or woman is qualified at […]
The Best CDs of 2010, part 3: CD(s) of the Year
Previously: Part 1: The Gold LPs Part 2: The Platinum LPs Things fall apart, but the band plays on. There have been a lot of years where the competition for CD of […]
Getting our facts straight
“Should taxpayers in Indiana who have paid their bills on time, who have done their job fiscally be bailing out Californians who haven’t?” House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wisc., asks. “No. […]
