An excellent comment threads here. To respond to some points: First, from the left, Mithras has some good points. He’s right, of course, that this policy involves “censorship”; what I meant is that it wasn’t general censorship of sexually explicit materials per se. (He was also right that I shouldn’t have used the term “age […]
Month: May 2007
Davida points me to HR Hero, a blog dedicated to evaluating the litigation possibilities in daily life at The Office. Employers who fail to fire employees who tape pepper spray canisters, nunchucks, a
There has been a lot of interesting discussion of Garance’s WSJ op-ed about raising the age of consent in the porn industry. I should say that I share Avedon and Roy‘s general libertarian
Spoilers regarding the 4/29 Sopranos below… I didn’t find the Tony as Degenerate Gambler aspect of last week’s Sopranos at all troubling; they’ve made fairly clear for a while now that Tony is suffering from a slowly declining revenue flow, which has made him engage in risky behaviors in other areas (making a deal with […]
Around the turn of the twelfth century the Counts of Scheyern acquired Wittelsbach Castle, a fortress not terribly far from Augsburg. By the mid-twelfth century the family had relocated to Wittelsbach
Henry, I think, has the best take I’ve read on Jon Chait’s netroots article. Chait’s take is actually pretty good in many respects, but is also marred by his unwillingness to believe
Today all eyes turn toward Kentucky. Her Majesty is in attendance. Rumour has it that George Clooney is supposed to be around, as well, but I’m not sure about that. Still working on getting a reserve box for Patterson School faculty and guests. For you compulsive types that just have to bet, here are Crazy […]
Above: A drink that is not a martini. Who says the Emm-Ess-Emm can’t tell hard, necessary truths? Before we discuss the findings, though, we need to clear up a little matter. It’s come to my a
Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Jim Rutenberg seem to have mistaken King Ralph for reality: How does George W. Bush, a towel-snapping Texan who puts his feet on the coffee table, drinks water straight from th
For anyone remotely familiar with the history of Darwinian thought as a prop for socially recalcitrant views of “human nature,” there’s not much new in this Times piece — though it’s always heartening to hear conservatives returning with childlike wonder to the great intellectual debates of the 1880s. All that aside, there’s also nothing new […]
I can’t believe they’re sending Paris Hilton to jail for 45 days. Staggered, really. What’s most surprising is that the judge’s order specifically excludes the special segregat
Inspired by recent works of genius, Mungojerry and Rumpleteaser prepare to film their own parody of an Althouse vlog. (Not pictured: wine glasses, television, dignity, etc.) (Image link)