I made this claim a couple of years ago When we create laws to prevent immoral behavior, we make society less moral. hoping that Jeff’s philosopher neighbor would confirm it as a well-known ethical principle. I just listened to a … Continue reading →

The right hand side of the interwebs is ablaze with threats to Go Galt – a reference to the theme of Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged in which all the professionals and entrepreneurs in America downed tools in protest at punitive … Continue reading →

How cool would it have been if all these visitors had shown up on my anniversary?

I tried listening to Limbaugh’s Conservative PAC speech but I couldn’t make it past part2. According to part 1, I am a conservative. According to part 2, liberals are racists who want to tell everyone how to live their lives. … Continue reading →

Who knew that this : Would become this: ? Can anyone in the first picture pick me out from the second? Vice versa?

There is not much I miss about England any more, mostly because my memories are fading and I’ve forgotten what I am supposed to be missing but it’s partly because a lot of the things I used to miss are … Continue reading →

I finally watched both Obama’s speech and Jindal’s rebuttal. Obama was magnificent – it has been a while since I said that – but what was more striking was how stupendously bad Jindal was. I have been reading the commentary … Continue reading →

Many people point to Scandinavia as an example of a successful, moral atheism. Anyone who has paid attention knows that Denmark and Sweden are among the least religious nations in the world. Polls asking about belief in God, the importance … Continue reading →

In which David Frum points out that a large contingent under the republican big tent believes in a dangerous myth. The myth is the myth of the Goldwater triumph of 1964. It goes approximately as follows: In 1964, after years … Continue reading →

About ten years ago, I was very taken with The Straight Dope, and every now and then – and against my better judgment – I go back and read it for old times’ sake. The same things about the style … Continue reading →