To Frank Rich of the New York Times (D-Bankrupt), he’s a timely whipping boy. I like my whipping boys to be timely. But he’s getting two cheers from Rich, because his principal significance is that he offers an opportunity to regurgitate a bunch of venom about the eeeeeeevil Booooooosh Regime. Has anybody here seen my old friend Chuckie? Charity begins–and ends–at home. Time for corrupt Chicago pols trading cards. Real

We’ve already nominated our books, so what do you think?

I’ll never pooh-pooh that argument again. (h/t N. O’B.) Hey, you know what’s really hateful, though? Related: Pete the Pawnkiller (h/t thor)

Unintended consequences Stolen via Beth From David Thompson comes a look into the staggering triumphs of government-subsidized artist Camilla Vestergaard: Quite a few people came and wrote on the car, including two middle-aged women whose conservative attire stood out in the crowd. It wasn’t until later, when a commotion arose, that I saw that they had written “FUCK THE POLICE!” in large bold letters on the drivers’ side of the

Striking yet another blow at the very heart of piracy in the Gulf of Aden, Indian warship INS Mysore and its marine commandos thwarted a hijack attempt on an Ethiopian merchant vessel on Saturday and captured 23 pirates and a large arms cache in the operation. ( Watch ) The arrest of the 23 pirates (12 Somali and 11 Yemeni) and the arms haul is the largest such seizure in

What’s your favorite possession? Not your most valuable (not your computer, you nerd), but your favorite. Mine’s my royal blue Alfani silk pajamas.

Claus is a dead man.

The argument is that “some” are skeptical, therefore it doesn’t work. Way to go scientists! The idea of a “truth serum” has never been widely accepted. Although there have been waves of enthusiasm for the idea of a drug that can extract information reliably, there has been even more skepticism. Ever since the 1920s, many judges, psychiatrists, and scientists have rejected the idea that there is a drug that can

This is one part of the argument with which I’m not going to disagree, and I don’t see the point in belaboring (heh) the point that a lot of the folks now playing that card don’t seem to care much about national security in other dimensions. So, given the wage gap, how can the US become competitive in machining and tool-and-die work? By resort to more robots. Unfortunately, for some

I’ll probably be denominated a sociopath again, but here goes. Not to be too Aristotelian about it, Dan, but Blago lacks the stature to be a tragic figure, and the Illinois electorate has been too complicit with the political shenanigans to make them proper victims. NB: O! isn’t a tragic figure yet, either. He’s not O!thello. For one thing, it’s too carnivalesque. (h/t Sdferr) Heh, more: Why libs have decided