Year: 2008
SEX DEPT.
Prosecuting Johns – Part 2: Strange Logic, Strange Language
Yesterday, I posted Part 1 of my response to an opinion piece by Melissa Farley and Norma Ramos arguing that Eliot Spitzer and other men who hire prostitutes should be punished as criminals. The article made me angry, and I’m trying to explain why. To start with, although Farley and Ramos want leniency for prostitutes,… Read more
OBAMA DERANGEMENT SYNDROME DEPT.
Obama Derangement Syndrome Roundup – Part 3
I’ve got a few more bits of Obama Derangement Syndrome to report. Obamacalypse At World Net Daily (which, the first time I stumbled across it, I thought it was a parody site) Jill Stanek opens her article this way: It was the Sunday after the election, and everywhere I looked I could only see impending… Read more
ECONOMICS DEPT.
On the Calls for an Auto Industry Bailout
I was planning to write a post on the foolishness of bailing out the big domestic auto makers, but Kip Esquire has already written it for me. This is an important point to remember: “Bankruptcy” is not the same as “liquidation.” No one is seriously suggesting that General Motors be liquidated, all its plants shuttered,… Read more
SEX DEPT.
Prosecuting Johns – Part 1: Gender Bias
In response to the news that former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer would not be charged with any crimes crime for hiring prostitutes, Newsweek magazine published an opinion piece by Melissa Farley and Norma Ramos arguing that this was “a stunning betrayal of the public trust,” and coming out in favor of cracking down more heavily… Read more
PUPPYCIDE DEPT.
A Puppycide in Park Forest
So this Park Forest cop shoots a dog. It’s a family dog, Princess, with two children in the house, so I think we can assume it wasn’t too vicious. To be fair, the dog was a mixed German Shepard/pit bull, so it probably looked scary. As is common with family dogs that are shot by… Read more