That word? Celebrity: Monday’s scheduled events included the arrival at the Mississippi River front of Rex, King of Carnival, capping a day of riverside concerts; and the annual Orpheus parade, a spectacle of fiber-optic lit floats led by native son Harry Connick Jr. and featuring actor Steven Seagal as this year’s celebrity monarch. [Emphasis added] [...]
Archive for February, 2006
I Don't Think That Word Means What You Think It Means
Posted in Culture on February 27, 2006 | 2 Comments »
Bush, Specter, and FISA
Posted in Legal Issues, Politics, Privacy on February 27, 2006 | 6 Comments »
Glenn Greenwald has a good essay on Specter’s FISA proposal, and why it may be beneficial to support it. Hint: Because the current administration would almost certainly oppose it, which would only serve to further underscore their “we don’ need no steenking oversight” position. UPDATE: Glenn clarifies his position at length. The jist is that [...]
Good Idea
Posted in Politics on February 27, 2006 | 9 Comments »
One-upping Oliver Willis, Publius thinks that the pro-choice movement has been playing defense too long, and needs to take an offensive strategy: I would ask every single Republican candidate up for re-election in 2006: “Do you support imprisoning doctors for performing abortions following rapes, as South Dakota’s new law demands?” If they hid behind the [...]
So, the name pre-school is apparently Greek for “vile house of disease”. Eldest boy has been in pre-school for a week and he has already brought home the Bubonic Plague. Regular blogging will continue when I have the energy to care about something other than how long it is until I can get my next [...]
You Want A Flat Tax?
Posted in Economics, Flame Bait, Libertarian Problem Solving on February 24, 2006 | 13 Comments »
Every now and again, someone comes up with the idea that we ought to replace the federal income tax with some sort of “flat tax.” Usually, some will propose a less-than-flat tax, with some sort of standard deduction after which a non-progressive, single tax rate is charged. 20% is often bandied about, but I haven’t [...]
Opposing the Bad Kind of Hate
Posted in Church & State, Culture, General, Politics, Religion on February 24, 2006 | 7 Comments »
Yet another typical story about this continuing clash: On her way into the church where the funeral was to be held for her 23-year-old son Thursday morning, Deirdre Ostlund approached six men and women waving signs against gays and America and told them in a cold fury: “I’m Andrew’s mother, and I want you to [...]
Save the Children
Posted in Culture, General, Politics on February 24, 2006 | 3 Comments »
From KnightRidder: AKRON, Ohio – If an Ohio lawmaker’s proposal becomes state law, Republicans would be barred from being adoptive parents. State Sen. Robert Hagan sent out e-mails to fellow lawmakers late Wednesday night, stating that he intends to “introduce legislation in the near future that would ban households with one or more Republican voters [...]
Kevin Baker Responds
Posted in Culture, Libertarian Problem Solving, Politics on February 24, 2006 | 1 Comment »
A couple of days ago, I posted my critique of a Kevin Baker post concerning the effect of the “welfare state” on culture — in particular, poor, inner-city African-American culture. His response to my critique is here (but his response seems to have been formulated prior to Kevin T. Keith’s addendum). Given the fact that [...]
Calling Dr. Frankenstein
Posted in Iraq, Politics on February 23, 2006 | 2 Comments »
Publius thinks that the UAE port gaffe is evidence that Bush’s creation (in this case, muddled public understanding of Middle East politics) has turned against him. Give it a read. The punch line: Bottom line – you can’t consistently scare Americans and deliberately blur important distinctions between Muslims and then expect those same Americans to [...]
News Flash!
Posted in NHL, Olympics, Sports on February 23, 2006 | 2 Comments »
This just in! Mike Modano is a whiner! In other news, ice is cold, water is wet, and the US Men’s Hockey team is old, slow and horribly overrated.
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