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Well, it's that time again! Have your say, rant, inquire, bemoan, or otherwise comment about anything that strikes your fancy....

News Roundup: Blowing Up Mary

At Volokh: When the Taliban demolished statues of the Buddha, many people all over the world, including many non-Buddhists, denounced...

Notes from Today (Updated)

I think you all know that I consider "gun free zones" a way of assuring would-be serial killers that the...

Terabithia, Pooh, Moral Relativism, Etc.

When I was a kid, Disney's depiction of Christopher Robin seemed incredibly cool. But then again, British accents usually have...

Agent 86: Over and Out

Don Adams, better know as Agent Maxwell Smart -- or Inspector Gadget -- has died at the age of 82....

Random Observations

As Thomas Sowell might put it, random notes on the passing scene... PBS, Bill Moyers, God, religion, global government, and Wahabist Islam.

Salt and Light

Sometimes being sick can make you appreciate everything you have...

Kennedy Overkill

Please. Please. No more JFK. Can't... get... away... from... it. Please. How about a nice program on the history of...

Daylight Savings Time

Who's idea is Daylight Savings Time? What's the point? I don't know, and haven't Googled on this one, but that doesn't stop me...

I *Like* a Boring Life

Something odd happened to me on my way to REM sleep early this morning...

The World Trade Center

I stayed in the World Trade Center for half a week in the spring several years. In fact, I stayed in the Hilton, on about the eighth floor. I still have the door key...

Rear-Wheel Drive Stability?

Hmmm... perhaps a recent article in Slate suggests my rear-wheel drive Pontiac Firebird isn't so bad after all -- in...

Slavery in Brazil!

I was unaware of it: So far this year inspectors have freed more than 2,000 workers from forced labour, mostly...

A Measure of Success

Nothing much to blog about tonight, but I've got a loaf of beer bread in the oven, which reminds me of a recent story from my own life...

On Being Neat

"People whose homes are always neat live without fear for the future, so they're willing to let go of stuff....

It's a Red-Letter Day

I have no idea what that means, but surely it is. Slightly after midnight, this morning, I ended up listening...

The Loss of the Columbia

"Lift your eyes and look to the heavens. Who created all these? He who brings out the starry hosts one...

Spic 'n Span: What Happened?

When I was a kid, "Spic 'n Span" was a synonym for clean. I wonder what the origins of that...

What Elves do after Christmas

Usingers sausage is, in the sausage world, really some top-notch stuff: The store also is known for its colorful murals,...

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