Year: 2009
POLITICAL SCIENCE DEPT.
Better Candidates Than Obama
Well, now that the Nobel Committee has decided that the major qualification of a peace prized laureate is being Not George Bush, I think there’s a few folks worth considering, beyond those usually being mentioned. Hell, restricted this just to folks who, like Nobel Laureate Jimmy Carter, have been President, we’ve got quite a few… Read more
CRIME AND PUNISHMENT DEPT.
Bogus Pseudo Crimes
[I started writing this days ago, and the story’s gone stale, but I’m posting so little these days that I figured I should get it out there.] Some time ago, Radley Balko brought us the story of Sally Harpold, who bought two boxes of cold medicine within a few days of each other, thus violating… Read more
BASTARDS DEPT.
Polanski Questions
About the only good thing I can think about in the whole Polanski fooforaw is that it gives folks who wouldn’t otherwise have had one an easy opportunity to stake out a not particularly morally difficult or brave position against middle-aged guys raping young girls, and in favor of said assholes being given appropriate punishment for… Read more
BLOGOSPHERE DEPT.
Bloggers Are In For Some Federal Entanglement
The AP’s Deborah Yao explains: The Federal Trade Commission will try to regulate blogging for the first time, requiring writers on the Web to clearly disclose any freebies or payments they get from companies for reviewing their products. The FTC said Monday its commissioners voted 4-0 to approve the final Web guidelines, which had been… Read more
CHICAGO NEWS DEPT.
Chicago Dodges a Bullet
We lost the Olympics bid. Whew. Mayor Daley will now have to find a different excuse to raise our taxes so he can funnel cash to his buddies. Read more