Unclear on the Concept

I got some interesting email today. It was titled "Link exchange proposal," which I assumed was some other blogger who wanted to swap links with me. But as I was clicking on it, I realized that this had to be some kind of link scam. Bloggers don't make agreements to link to each other. If someone really likes my site, they'd just link to me. Sure enough: Hello I … [Read more...] about Don’t Touch That!

Eric Zorn has an article about Richard Sherman who was almost hired to teach science in High School District 211 in Palatine. Last Monday, however, the officials at the District changed their minds and decided that they weren't going to hire Sherman to teach there after all. Eric Zorn: It couldn't be--could it?--that officials at High School District 211 in Palatine yanked … [Read more...] about Richard Sherman

In a Spectator article on "The triumph of American values," Mark Styne writes: A few weeks earlier, Libya was elected to chair the UN Human Rights Commission. Somebody tell me he's kidding. He made that up, right? … [Read more...] about Libya?

Bill Dennis argues that, contrary to the common sentiment on the web, web sites have a moral right to ban deep linking. He regards it as simple respect for the property rights of others, and he rightly dismisses one of the most common arguments: Those who ridicule companies for their opposition to deep linking say the practice only encourages more visitors, who end up browsing … [Read more...] about The Moral Equivalent of Deep-Linking.

I'm sure I've got the quote wrong, but I believe there's an episode of the old Mary Tyler Moore show in which Mary is complaining to her boss Lou about her pay. In typical Lou fashion, he tries to reassure her that "It's not because you're not doing a good job. It's just because you're a woman." I was reminded of this by a story that Bill Dennis and Eugene Volokh are writing … [Read more...] about Comic Prejudice