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missing limbs

Wednesday, June 30, 2010

An email exchange has reminded me that much of today’s news seems to be saying something about the limits of power. Tim Burke has a good piece about this on … Continue reading »

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oil spill demagoguery

Wednesday, June 23, 2010

It now appears that Judge Martin Feldman, who issued a temporary injunction against the administration’s moratorium on deep water drilling, has perhaps more than one conflict of interest. Other judges … Continue reading »

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away to the cheating world go you

Friday, September 18, 2009

Tomorrow being September 19th, we should all be polishing up our pirate vocabularies and seeking assistance from this estimable volume: The Pirate Life: Unleashing Your Inner Buccaneer. So that we’ll … Continue reading »

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charge against Gates dropped

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Huffington Post is reporting that charges against internationally renowned Harvard professor, Henry Louis Gates, have been dropped. Gates was arrested after forcing the door of his own home in order … Continue reading »

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hate crime

Sunday, May 31, 2009

I’ve beeen reading reactions to the murder of Dr. George Tiller. Reports that characterize Dr. Tiller as an “abortion doc” are bad enough. At last count, Politico presented 460 … Continue reading »

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22 November

Saturday, November 22, 2008

I had almost forgotten what day it is. I was on the way to a class on 22 November 1963, and I learned of the President’s death from a colleague, … Continue reading »

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