John Kass's explanation of why Bob Greene had to be asked to resign is a little overwrought: She was in high school, brought to this newspaper by her parents. They trusted and respected him. They were in awe of him. And he did what he did with their daughter. I don't care about sex lives of reporters or politicians. That's not my business or yours either, as long as they're … [Read more...] about The Bigger Fool.
Why Nobody Takes the Libertarian Party Seriously.
I have a lot of sympathies for the ideals of the Libertarian party, but their campaigning skills leave a lot to be desired. … [Read more...] about Why Nobody Takes the Libertarian Party Seriously.
Bob Greene
In an amazing bit of local news, Chicago Tribune Columnist Bob Greene has resigned under pressure for "inappropriate sexual conduct some years ago with a girl in her late teens whom he met in connection with his newspaper column." I quoted last part exactly because as fellow blogger and actual journalist Bill Dennis points out, Greene's activities aren't spelled out too … [Read more...] about Bob Greene
InstaPundit Number.
In the spirit of the mathematicians' Erdos Number, I got the idea to introduce an InstaPundit number. I was going to call it a Reynolds Number because that sounds more scientific, but it turns out that designation is already used by fluid dynamics folks. Actually, it also turns out that Erik Jones at The Bind invented the InstaPundit Number a few months ago, but since he's … [Read more...] about InstaPundit Number.
Evacuation Engineering.
In one my September 11th anniversary postings I mentioned my initial back-of-the-envelope calculations on the World Trade Center death toll. My first thought had been that the World Trade Center holds 50,000 people and I might have just seen them all die. My brain eventually started working and I realized that people must have been streaming down the emergency stairs the whole … [Read more...] about Evacuation Engineering.