The last few years have been a bit difficult. Between my parents getting sick and dying, my consulting work drying up, and the ongoing recession, by this time last year things were looking precarious and about to get worse. But now my life is settling back into order and things are starting to look up again. So on this Thanksgiving, I'm thankful for all my friends who … [Read more...] about Thanks For My Friends
Time For a National Conversation on Law Enforcement
I haven't had much to say about the Occupy Wall Street protests, mostly because I don't understand the Occupy Wall Street protests. I think that's because the protesters don't understand them either. That's okay, because building a consensus is a process. and it takes time. There's nothing wrong with that. Here at Windypundit however, I like to talk about ideas and policies, … [Read more...] about Time For a National Conversation on Law Enforcement
Muddled Thinking About Universal GPS Tracking
I knew as soon as I read George Washington University Professor Amitai Etzioni's ridiculous bootlicking CNN op-ed (via a tweet from Radley Balko) that I wanted to write something about it. As often happens, Scott Greenfield beat me to it with a biting response to the legal issues. Still, let me give you a taste: The Supreme Court is about to hold hearings on whether … [Read more...] about Muddled Thinking About Universal GPS Tracking
The Conspiracy to Silence Lindsay Beyerstein
I've got to get the word out about Lindsay Beyerstein. I first encountered Lindsay a few years ago at Magikthise, her original personal blog. (That name sounds like one of the lesser-known Bond girls, but it's actually a geek reference to a character -- a philosopher, your basic working thinker -- in Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.) … [Read more...] about The Conspiracy to Silence Lindsay Beyerstein
PSA – Vaccines v.s. Candy From Strangers
I'm pretty sure the anti-vaccination crowd is seriously deluded. Some of them are so scared of vaccines that they prefer to give their children immunity to diseases the old fashioned way: By giving them the disease itself.The usual way to do that is with a "pox party": Wait until one child in your circle of anti-vax fanatics gets the chicken pox, and then bring all your kids … [Read more...] about PSA – Vaccines v.s. Candy From Strangers