I engage in debate with self-defined liberals on a regular basis, both in person and online. One of the things that I often notice during these debates is the presence of a glaring contradiction in the thinking that my opponents apply to their arguments. For instance, I was having a conversation with my more liberal […]
A report will be released tomorrow that places the HIV/AIDS infection rate in Washington, DC at 3% of the population. Let me just say that this is a tragedy in human terms that is unfathomable. But as I read the Washington Post article, I was struck by something that goes beyond the human tragedy, and […]
There are two reports on Drudge today about the use of CCTV. One is a story about how Mayor Daley is boasting that by 2016 there will be a surveillance camera on every street corner in Chicago. The other is a story about how the Brits, already the most surveillance-happy government in the world, are […]
With his first big prime-time press event looming, the pundits are all atwitter about “First African-American…” Can we all just get over that tired meme? Please? In the big sense, racism is largely a non-starter. Except for the institutionalised racism of Affirmative Action, there just isn’t much formal racism in America. But there are racist […]
The AP brings us this little tidbit. It’s all about how people are converging on Clear Lake, Iowa, the small town in which Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper and Ritchie Valens last performed before their fateful fatal plane flight to ‘commemorate’ the 50th anniversary of the event. C’mon - who really cares? Three rock and […]
This opinion piece presents proof that when put together in a mash-up of lefty-looney causes, it is possible for one bad idea plus another bad idea to result in an idea that is worse than just the sum of the two original bad ideas. First the backstory: our dear friends at the NHS over in […]
A Spanish University has published a ground-breaking study that contends that football (soccer to those in America) doesn’t change over time. This is the result of ten years of research. According to them:
…football has changed so little during recent World Cups that, if shown action from matches, we would be incapable today of differentiating between […]
This story takes some explaining. Stephen and John met while they were rotting in gaol for paedophillic sex crimes. Since they had obvious common interests, they became buds - such good buds that when they were paroled they got a place together. Now, you’re thinking that maybe it’s not such a good idea to have […]
At our dear friend, the Nurse of the Nanny State, the NHS, they’ve advanced their anti-smoking campaign to children as young as three years old. Other than being a bit ham-fisted and Big Brotherish, there’s nothing wrong with teaching the young about the dangers of tobacco use. Nothing at all. But it stops being fun […]
Some old British geezer has lashed out at the wealthy, joining in the international socialist chorus of jealous bastards who envy the wealthy so much that they wish them dead. The only reason I know of him is that he wrote The Lonliness Of The Long Distance Runner, which I read lots of years ago. […]
