I seem to be having trouble blogging. My last post was on March 28th, an even 50 days ago. I think that's one of the longest periods I've gone without posting since the very early days of the blog. I blogged more frequently than this throughout the months when my parents died.Part of the reason for the reduced blogging is that I've been doing small projects around the … [Read more...] about Windypundit In the Age Of Trump
The AG Cartel Breaks Down
On the Reuters news wire, Dan Levine reports on the breakdown of a gentleman's agreement between state Attorneys General not to target each other in elections: For years the national political organizations of both Democratic and Republican state attorneys general observed an agreement not to target the other party's incumbent office-holders in elections.That hands-off … [Read more...] about The AG Cartel Breaks Down
Not Helping Youths In the Sex Trade
Last Friday I wrote about Elizabeth Nolan Brown's terrific Reason magazine article on the FBI's long involvement in policing Americans' sex lives. In this post, I'd like to follow up on a small detail that caught my eye.Supporters of anti-prostitution law enforcement operations often justify them as necessary to protect victims of sex trafficking, especially children. … [Read more...] about Not Helping Youths In the Sex Trade
An Alien Product Placement
The most recent Alien: Covenant trailer comes with an opening commercial for Walter, the synthetic (a.k.a. artificial person a.k.a. android) played by Michael Fassbender in the movie. Here it is:https://youtu.be/B4Cmf4BuNggAt the end, they flash a couple of corporate logos. I naturally had to step through them. The first one is a new logo for Weyland-Yutani, which is … [Read more...] about An Alien Product Placement
Sex, Lies, and Sex Police
I suspect my friends would be concerned if they knew just how skeptical I was about almost all prostitution-related crimes. Police say they broke up a human trafficking ring? Liars! They call everything human trafficking these days. They arrested ten pimps? Liars! They caught one prostitute in a sting and arrested the then people standing next to her. It's a task force going … [Read more...] about Sex, Lies, and Sex Police