2022 archive
Courting Disaster, Creeping Theocracy Dept. 0
Sam and his crew dissect the slow-moving theocratic coup.
Courting Disaster 0
Michael in Norfolk is concerned about a court run amok, and rightly so.
The Pessimist 0
Field is not sanguine.
Denial Is Not Just a River in Egypt 0
It’s also a law in Florida.
Afterthought:
Denying history means never learning its lessons.
In this case, it is quite clear that those who would deny history also reject its lessons, because they are too busy still rising again after all these years.
Restrictions Need Not Apply 0
Steve M. points out that the rich are different from you and me.
Lies and Lying Liars 0
The American Scholar points out–er– mistatements in Samuel Alito’s abortion rulingwrong concerning American legal and medical history.
Just read it.
Stray Question 0
Why do restaurants keep coming up with sandwiches that you couldn’t possibly wrap your mouth around?
Soiler Alert, Reprise 0
PolticalProf parses the perfidy.
Stray Thought, Originalist Sin Dept.* 0
I just checked the Constitution of the United States of America.
It does not mention airplanes.
Does that mean that the FAA is unconstitutional?
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*Also known as the “Words Mean What I Want Them To Mean Dept.”
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Yet another responsible gun owner discharges his responsibility–this time into his own leg.
One more time, “responsible gun owner” is an oxymoron.
When the Right Takes Away a Right . . . . 0
And Elise Kalin writes powerfully of the loss at the Des Moines Register. Here’a little bit of her article: