Monthly Archives: July 2006

Everything is calculated

As we already know, the whole fuss over Israel is flaring up again, as the cycle goes. Sandwiched between the reports though is something interesting for its mundaneness: “Bush said a bad word!” To hear the official story, Bush & … Continue reading

Share
Posted in random shots | Leave a comment

A short question in search of a long answer

News of the latest flare-ups between nation-states, & my own readings of discussions about anarchy prompted the following: How would a stateless society defend itself from outside violence?

Share
Posted in philosophy/life | 6 Comments

When voting means too much

Heh….I see that that voter ID thing in GA got rejected — again: The same federal judge who threw out Georgia’s voter ID law last year blocked the state Wednesday from enforcing its revised law during this year’s elections. The … Continue reading

Share
Posted in fevered barking | Leave a comment

The US & our Rational Gradual Suicide

A conclusion of Scott Winship‘s analysis of ideological identification, via Kevin Drum: Adults are conservative on foreign policy and national security (52 to 48) and values (62 to 38), but liberal on economic/social policy (57 to 43) and fiscal policy … Continue reading

Share
Posted in fevered barking | Leave a comment

Must be nice…

If ever there was a more blatant example of what connections can do for you, I ain’t seen it: Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah, a musician in his own right, helped secure the release of Atlanta R&B producer Dallas Austin … Continue reading

Share
Posted in random shots | 1 Comment

Your brain on drugs: politics edition

Nice to see people kept right on being stupid during my vacation… 1861. 1941. 2001. Our big wars — and the war on terrorism ranks with the big ones — have a way of starting in the first year of … Continue reading

Share
Posted in law | Leave a comment