Rob mentions the growing problem of global piracy (especially in SE Asia) below in his post on Japan. For a very good discussion of the global piracy problem in recent years, see this LRB article. It’s fascinating and pretty frightening. Piracy threatens international trade, strengthens and supports dangerous organized crime figures and organizations in Indonesia, […]
Category: General
On a number of occasions in the past 3 1/2 years, I’ve found myself shocked and startled at the depths to which this administration will sink. Each time, I vow I won’t be surprised again.
Data point against the liberal media hypothesis, #576: I’m listening to NPR right now. They’re covering the big Microsoft dividend story. The coverage is focused pretty much exclusively on
Bush, in response to the 9/11 commission report yesterday: “Had we had any inkling whatsoever that terrorists were about to attack our country, we would have moved heaven and earth to protect America,” he said. “I’m confident President Clinton would have done the same thing. Any president would.” To state the obvious, if Bush thought […]
Liberty magazine reports the story of how Baradnik won the LP nomination. Amusing stuff. One of the richest lines: Badnarik is a self-taught constitutional scholar Ah, that explains it. Unfortunately
Ted Barlow gathers up the good news and presents it to us. My personal ban on optimism is still intact, but for those of you who like to think nice thoughts about the future, enjoy. In comments, Rich
The best poll yet at the Rittenhouse Review: Who is worse, the more offensive, odious, or objectionable, and limit your thought process not to the inexplicably popular, “Mad About You?” Helen Hunt Paul Reiser I have to go with Reiser, who seems even worse outside of the Mad About You context. But, certainly, the show […]
The interesting things about dissertation defenses is, no matter how they turn out you’ll want to get drunk afterward…
I foolishly wasted time last week following a trail of links to a rather ridiculous right-wing website. There was a long, gleeful post about the outing of Joe Wilson as a liar, coward, and all aro
The grocery store I frequent most often has an ad for the egregious “Fox and Friends” on the mechanical cart. Apparently because it’s not quite disingenuous enough, they abjure the “fair and balanced” slogan (although there is a “we report, you decide” in the bottom corner.) No, for Fox and Friends the slogan is “Warmer, Younger, […]
David Adesnik makes an observation about NYT campaign coverage. I think we can safely call it an understatement: The negative thrust of campaign journalism has begun to engulf the Democratic candidat
Responding to libertarian blogger Abiola Lapite, Brad DeLong muses on global warming…. I think that, for most global-warming fearers, it is naivete that makes them advocate an immediate program