At ESPN, the answer —  after consulting publicists and doing a cost-benefit analysis — is to publicly roll over show their bellies.  Whereas me?  I think that this is precisely how we surrender language to those who would presume to control us.  And it’s something I’ve been warning about here for years:  giving some motivated consensus the right to determine what it is you meant — which is quite different

So. We rebuilt the site.  We had no choice.  The hackers had buried themselves deep inside the old one like bacon bits in Michael Moore’s colon. A few announcements to that end, then: the archives are still coming in piecemeal, and we’re still sorting out the authors.  Also, the Pub is going to be down for a little longer. Also also, you all need to re-sign-up in order to comment

In 2008 Joe Biden dismissed drill, baby, drill stating it would take ten years to get more American oil to market … So now we’re still ten years away instead of six … But, HEY!! Look over there!! High speed rail boondoggle!

Boy, that Obama. Such a Marxist. Regardless of Mitt Romney’s protestations to the contrary. Because honestly, does anybody believe either of those dudes? Of course they don’t. Now. Am I right or am I right?

From John Wood at Old time Strongman, via email: On the day of April 8th, 1865, President Lincoln was at a Union Army field hospital in Virginia, spending hours shaking hands and greeting thousands of wounded soldiers. At the end of that long day, he spotted an ax and walked over to it. He was able to grip the ax by the very end of the handle and hold the

I feel your pain. Trust me. In fact, I suspect there’s more than just a passing resemblance with our respective reputations with the conservative new media — and I further suspect that the cast of characters who engage in whispering campaigns has remained largely consistent over time. Just a hunch I have, mind you. I haven’t taken a reader poll to confirm. But I thought you should know that you

Bill Quick believes me confused. Me, I believe Bill has lost his way. To wit: in an attempt to push back against the religious conscience objections to the government mandating of insurer-provided “free” abortifacients and contraceptives, Bill writes: So…Allah’s Auto Body, a business owned by the local mosque, refuses to repair Henry Finklestein’s car, because Henry is obviously Jewish, and the Koran requires that Jews be hung, drawn, and quartered,

Having time for recreational reading has been an issue for me for sometime. I do most of my reading on the computer of news, columns, article researching, etc, coupled with family and work (“empty nest” gives exactly the wrong impression of what it means to be between elderly parents and adult children (with small grandchildren). Getting time to stop by the ever shrinking brick-and-mortar bookstores to leisurely walk the aisles