Author: Mark Draughn
“If You Like Pina Coladas…”
Without the happy ending. (Hat tip: Balko) Read more
How Business Is Done In Illinois
This has the ring of truth. Read more
Who Benefits From Janet Jackson’s Bare Breast?
The Illinois Review has a post by David E. Smith of the Illinois Family Institute about CBS‘s appeal of the fine they paid to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for televising Janet Jackson’s bare breast during their 2004 Super Bowl coverage. While the government cannot regulate speech, they can prohibit indecent broadcast content on the… Read more
Nassau County, Brazil
Scott Greenfield has the story of how a clerical error lead a New York court to put a man on trial for a charge that had already been dismissed, and nobody seemed to notice anything wrong until a month after he was convicted. It’s actually even worse than it sounds. Read it for yourself. Read more
Win $20,000,000 From Google!
Want to win $20 million from Google? All you have to do is land a small spaceship on the moon and send back pictures. No, not in a video game. I’m talking about a real spaceship on the real moon. It’s the Google Lunar X Prize. (Hat tip: Philipp Lenssen) Read more