2013 archive
Back Alley Boys 0
It would appear that the Republican Party got its sex education the same way that I initially did–in whispered conversations with equally-ignorant peers in back alleys and locker rooms.
I, however, later decided to read up on the topic. So did Dick Polman.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Display brotherly love, politely.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Walk the dog, politely.
One Chip at a Time 3
Leonard Pitts, Jr.:
The point is not that one has nothing to hide. The point is that whatever you have is none of the government’s business absent probable cause and a warrant. The point is that one should never repose unfettered power with the state.
We should know this, yet we fall for the same seductive con every time: We are afraid, but the state says it can make us safe. And all it will take is the surrender of a few small freedoms.
Read the rest.
Dulcet Tones 0
In which I surpass enlightenment.
Sauce for the Goose 0
Field has a question:
Fair enough. But where was the outrage when government decided that it was cool to “stop and frisk” young minority men in America’s largest city?









