I had some technical difficulties, and I'm way behind in blogging this, but a few days ago Gideon addressed that most tiresome of responses to a refusal to aquiesce to law enforcement intrusion: "Why? I've got nothing to hide." I see similar arguments from those not of the criminal defense bent in regards to some basic Constiutional protections: "Well, if I've done nothing … [Read more...] about Have you got something to hide?
This Is the New Server
I've had Windypundit moved to a new server. If you are reading this, then the windypundit.com DNS Address records have propaged to you and you are seeing the correct site. … [Read more...] about This Is the New Server
Comments Disabled
Comments are temporarily disabled while I do some site maintenance. Co-bloggers are urged to not contribute new material right now because it might get deleted. Update: Back up for now. Because of some problems I'd been having where the image handling library would crash part of the MovableType back end, I had asked my hosting service to migrate Windypundit to a … [Read more...] about Comments Disabled
2008 In Review
I've been reviewing what Windypundit was all about this year, and it turns out 2007 was the year in which I made a fearless election prediction. John Dvorak and I found common ground. I introduced you to the swell guys on the Lima SWAT team. I piled on Ron Paul, and then again, and then one last time. I pondered the market failures in 22-inch wiper blades and Dulce de Leche … [Read more...] about 2008 In Review
Celebrity Crime Roundup: Whoopi on Vick, Craig
As the end of the year approaches, I've been cleaning up my backlog of unpublished posts. I often start to write about something and then discover that I have nowhere to go with it. I've deleted most of those posts as there's no way to salvage them. Sometimes, however, I just have trouble finding enough time to write, and the story behind the post goes stale before I get … [Read more...] about Celebrity Crime Roundup: Whoopi on Vick, Craig