What the fuck? No, really, what the fuck? … [Read more...] about Dollhouse Episode 2.11: “Getting Closer”
The TSA as Child Porn Ring
Here's an angle on the TSA's new full-body imaging that I wish I'd thought of: Wouldn't a full-body image of someone under the age of 18 be child pornography as a matter of law? Maybe. … [Read more...] about The TSA as Child Porn Ring
2009 in Review
I like to end each year with a review of some of the things I've been posting about. I don't know if any of you care, but it's always interesting to me to see where I've been. This year I expected the pickings to be pretty slim because of all the turmoil surrounding and following my parents' passing, but it turns out I wrote quite a bit. In fact, here at Windypundit, 2009 was … [Read more...] about 2009 in Review
Things I Learned In the Aughts
I've decided to steal an idea from Gideon and write a quick list of things I learned in the last decade: I learned to ignore people who say the decade/century/millenium has one more year to go because there was no year zero. I learned that terrorism in the United States is a more real threat than I thought it was. I learned that just because the people opposing the president … [Read more...] about Things I Learned In the Aughts
We’ve Always Been Here
Back in 2007, author Mark Helprin wrote a New York Times op-ed in which he bemoaned the lack of a permanent copyright. I responded to it, as did rather a lot of other people. In my response, I called part of his argument "pure nonsense, bordering on outright lies." Apparently, many other people used far harsher language, because Helprin later wrote a book (Digital Barbarism: A … [Read more...] about We’ve Always Been Here