Earn Your Opinion
Man, I don't even have an opinion. Those were the last, fateful words of Marvin, right before Vince Vega accidentally shot him in the face. Apart from that classic scene from Pulp Fiction, can you recall the last time you heard someone say or write that? Nowadays,...
The Legal Failure In The Sex Scandals
Amid serial denouncements of the sexual predation of men in high power, an important aspect has been missed: the degree to which these scandals have been failures of the legal system. Wealthy sex beasts like Harvey Weinstein and Bill Cosby were able neutralize rape...
The Biggest Loser
Yesterday, the Supreme Court struck a blow for federalism and states' rights in its decision to overturn a federal prohibition on sports gambling. In Murphy v NCAA, the Court ruled that the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA) violated the Tenth...
Tolerating Prejudice
I recently discovered the Jerry Seinfeld series Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee, a show about, literally, what its title says. Every week, Jerry and a comedian friend take a ride in a (always different) classic car to a coffee shop, diner, or similar eatery and...
Do The Clothes Make The Man?
Every so often, I read a story of a police raid gone wrong. Sometimes, it's a 'wrong house' situation, sometimes it's an unfortunate outcome of someone 'swatting' someone else, sometimes it's overzealousness on the part of an investigator, a district attorney, a...
All Government Is Socialism
I came across an argument today, one oft-repeated by socialism's apologists and people who want, against all reason and history, to continue advocating for that destructive and murderous ideology. It goes something like this: Police, the military, infrastructure...
Idiots and Maniacs
There's a great George Carlin bit (a - I repeat myself, b - aren't they all?) about driving, where George explains that anyone who drives slower than you is an idiot and anyone who drives faster than you is a maniac. This bit came to mind this morning, as I digested...
Fixing Fake News
There are times where President Trump says or does things that run contrary to the conventional wild man narrative, and there are times when he validates all the worst things his critics say about him. His recent tweet suggesting (threatening?) the Press with...
Electoral Irrelevance
Connecticut recently joined a number of other states in drafting legislation that will pledge its electoral votes to whomever wins the popular vote in a Presidential election. This movement seems born of of "outrage" and negative reaction to Trump's electoral college...
What Happens If Trump *Doesn’t* Get Impeached?
A friend recently shared the attached image, to illustrate the derangement of at least one Trump hating individual. For those who missed the news, New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman resigned effective today, after a story broke in The New Yorker...
… The Next Starting Pitcher
One might think that, after almost 18 months of hyperventilation, the kick-Trump-out crowd would have passed out. Or, at least found a paper bag into which to inhale and exhale until they calmed down a bit. Yes, Mueller's investigation continues, and it remains...
Understanding Socialists
The arc of Bernie Sanders' presidential candidacy coincided with an effort to rehabilitate the word "socialism." It was somewhat successful, in that, nowadays, it's not nearly as off-putting a term as "fascism" or "communism," its ideological brothers. Moreso, its...
What Happens To Cultures That Nobody Adopts?
Much ink has been spilled on the phenomenon called "cultural appropriation" - or rather, the way today's social justice warriors have now identified this as a great "sin," and use the standard shaming and peer-pressure techniques to shut down anyone who borrows from a...
You Are Who You Hate
William Falk, editor-in-chief of The Week, recently warned Democrats that economic populism (e.g. socialized medicine and Bernie Sanders' government jobs program) is not the path back to power that they assume (and behave as if) it is. He argues, compellingly, that...
The Left Lurches Left
Hot on the heels of actress Cynthia Nixon's from-the-left primary challenge of incumbent Andrew Cuomo in the upcoming New York governor's race comes a bold plan from Senator Bernie Sanders to guarantee every American a job. Bernie's plan amounts to the same feel-good...
The Permanent Record
Those of us of a certain age are likely to recall the old schoolteacher's threat that bad behavior would end up on our "permanent record," either first-hand or as witnessed in pop culture. Supposedly, we could be tagged with evidence of our misdeeds and have that...
How Many Deaths!?
Last week, an organization called Stand.earth (who even knew that .earth was a domain?) organized a rally dubbed "Too Dirty To Wear" at a Levi's store in Manhattan to protest the company's "climate pollution." Supposedly, by manufacturing its jeans and other products...
Dumbasses and Dog-Piles
I recently came across a tweet that accused white Americans who choose to learn Spanish of cultural appropriation. Or, more specifically, I came across the mockery of a person who tweeted thus. The premise itself is farcical. Even if you buy into the exclusionary...
Statism’s Dilemma: Moral Hazard vs Over-Policing
The State, in using its carceral system to support its continued carceral endeavors in order to serve the interests of the incarcerators, has created a terrible feedback loop. Since the Clinton administration, America's carceral system has been driven by distorted...
Tax The Hell Out Of It
As the momentum for pot legalization continues to grow (Senator Charles Schumer of NY recently came out in favor, and Trump has been making good noises despite his Attorney General's hard-ass-ed-nes), it's worth taking a trip down memory lane - or at least my memory...
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