[This is some speculation I wrote about Battlestar Galactica after the incident at the Ionian nebula but before the rest of the series played out. I was wrong about everything. But I think I like my version better.] Last week, I wrote a piece about the final Battlestar Galactica season in which I boldly revealed my prediction that the final Cylon was Lara Roslin. Unless it … [Read more...] about Battlestar Galactica – Earth
Paid For By Johm McCain?
Mickey Kaus notices something interesting about McCain's new "Tolerance" ad, aside from the fact that it's two and a half minutes of lets-all-work-together-to-make-this-country-great feel-good noise: Johm McCain? … [Read more...] about Paid For By Johm McCain?
In Which I Try To Repair My Reputation
It seems like everybody in my favorite part of the legal blogosphere (or the "blawgosphere" if you insist) is trying to help out Houston Criminal Defense Lawyer Mark Bennet's Google rank by linking to him with helpful link text like "Houston Criminal Defense Lawyer." (You're welcome, Mark.) Meanwhile, I was checking out my own search statistics, and the number one search … [Read more...] about In Which I Try To Repair My Reputation
Broken Windows and the Iraq War
Frederick W. Kagan has an article in National Review Online that attempts to refute some of the antiwar arguments about Iraq. I haven't read the whole thing---It's a huge piece that covers a lot of ground, and some of it may even be correct---but there's a pretty glaring example of the broken-windows fallacy in the first section: The "$3 trillion war." Simplistic economic … [Read more...] about Broken Windows and the Iraq War
Slit Skirts – Sunday Song Lyrics
The other day I heard an acoustic version of Pete Townshend's "Slit Skirts" and actually got to listen to the lyrics. It's depressing stuff: The incense burned away and the stench began to riseAnd lovers now estranged avoided catching each others' eyesAnd girls who lost their children cursed the men who fit the coilAnd men not fit for marriage took their refuge in the oilNo … [Read more...] about Slit Skirts – Sunday Song Lyrics