Year: 2009
The White Knight and Me: A Very Short Parable, With Gun Porn
The White Knight got up this morning, and got ready to go out for the day. He took some time threading his belt through the dual magazine carrier that he carries on his left hip — never can have too much ammo, you know, and, besides, if you have to clear a stoppage with a… Read more
Why Not Keep Drugs Illegal?
To balance Radley’s anti-drug-war piece I linked to earlier, the Culture11 site also includes a piece by David Freddoso arguing that we should “Keep Drugs Illegal!” He makes a better argument than you usually hear, but it doesn’t really hold up. Freddoso’s first argument is a relatively new one. He asserts that eliminating the War on… Read more
17 Degrees Below Zero
I have to drive to a client’s office today. They say it’s -17° F outside today. (For my non-U.S. readers, that’s -27° C.) That means the air is 115° below my body temperature. If it suddenly got 45° warmer, it would still be 4° below the freezing point of water. I am really, really glad… Read more
Battlestar Galactica – The Final Ten
Battlestar Galactica starts its final run ten-episode tonight. If you haven’t been watching, you probably shouldn’t bother. No matter what the creators said on their Top 10 Things You Need To Know special, you really can’t catch up. Although, if you’d like a quick refresher, you should probably watch the snarky super-fast Catch the Frak Up!… Read more
War on Drugs: The Collateral Damage
Why do I hate the war on drugs? Radley Balko explains it for me quite nicely in his Culture 11 article, “War on Drugs: The Collateral Damage.” I highly recommend you read it. Read more