First Looks category archive
Situational Ethics 0
Shaun Day explains “ethics” (or at least legislation) on one situation do not lead to “ethics” (or at least legislation) on the other situation(s). A snippet:
This year’s bipartisan ethics reform bill focused strictly on one component of ethics in government — restricting gifts to elected officials — while ignoring two others that are critically important: redistricting and campaign finance.
Light Bloggery 0
Events.
Fair and Bollixed 0
Thoreau notices an absence.
I’ve pointed out this issue before many times, not all experts are created equal. Not all messages have a well-funded team pushing them. I’ve asked in several forums. “Who are the anti-war go to guests? Why aren’t they in the conversations? What will it take to get them in the conversations?”
Snowy Sunrise 0
Sunrise on a snowy morning at my brother’s place on Virginia’s Northern Neck.
Along the Way the Signs Would Say . . . . 0
In his Roadshow column, the San Jose Mercury-News’s Gary Richards remembers Burma Shave signs.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Be polite in the presence of the dropsies:
I Get Mail 0
H/T Susan for the pic.
A Bit More Hope 0
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. . . an anonymous donor just buoyed it (the S. S. United States–ed.) with $250,000.
“We’re singing from the rooftops – or whatever a maritime version of that would be,” Susan Gibbs, executive director of the SS United States Conservancy, said yesterday.
The massive ship (it’s as long as the Comcast Center is tall) remains docked at Pier 82 on the Delaware River. The owners constantly stave off the threat of the ship being scrapped. The monthly maintenance costs stand around $80,000.
Gibbs believes that donations like this could spur more of the same.
Drinking Liberally Virginia Beach Thursday 0
Fun and fellowship for liberals. Join us and talk about anything in a relaxed atmosphere.
When: Thursday, February 5, 6 p.
Where:
Croc’s 19 Street Bistro
620 19th Street (Map)
More here.
The Snaring Society 0
The Uber mentality goes rogue.
Lucas Light and Tragic 0
Contrary to what you might think, there are only three Star Wars movies. Any others are counterfeit.