New York Criminal Defense Lawyer Scott Greenfield has some comments about a disturbing Fourth Amendment ruling. The Fourth Amendment to the Constitution protects everyone in the United States from unreasonable searches. And I'm pretty sure that the U.S. government can't conduct arbitrary searches of U.S. citizens outside the country either. But when we cross the border, … [Read more...] about A Hard Drive Across the Border
What Competition In Aviation Means To Us
Kip is making fun of an op-ed by Robert Crandall in the New York Times, and rightly so. Consider the first paragraphs of Crandall's missive: Thirty years ago this fall, Congress passed the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978. Since then, America’s airline system has greatly deteriorated. I suppose that's one way of looking at it. Another way to look at it is that … [Read more...] about What Competition In Aviation Means To Us
Network Admin Kitteh
This is my cat, Buffy. Click through to vote for her. … [Read more...] about Network Admin Kitteh
Earthquake!
We had a 5.4 magnitude earthquake in Illinois this morning. It hit around 4:36, so I was asleep and missed the whole thing. Bummer. Quakes are really rare in these parts and it would have been fun. 5.4 isn't much of a quake, but it's huge for Illinois. It also attracts a lot of attention because of the way our seismic region is structured. We're sitting on top of solid … [Read more...] about Earthquake!
Dear Jiang Yu and Liu Jianchao
Dear Jiang Yu and Liu Jianchao, I hear that you are Chinese Foreign Ministry spokespersons who are demanding an apology from CNN because of something commentator Jack Cafferty said. A Reuters article by Lindsay Beck says, Cafferty had said the United States imported Chinese-made "junk with the lead paint on them and the poisoned pet food," adding: "They're basically the … [Read more...] about Dear Jiang Yu and Liu Jianchao