But that doesn’t keep some entrepreneurs from trying: “Copyright Trolling for Dollars” (more…)

A dismal vision of the future. (more…)

Don’t just fade away; they go out with some style.

Timothy Dalrymple (not to be confused with Theodore Dalrymple) invokes George Will against Progressive slander of the tea party movement.

Some of the populist elements of the Tea Party movement disturb me. However, it is not particularly a racist movement and it is saying a lot of things that badly need saying. Millions of voices suddenly crying out in frustration; let us hope they are not as suddenly silenced.

Is now grounds to be declared incompetent to make choices about one’s medical care.     (more…)

Tibet has a strong tradition of polyandry. This leads some to wonder what happened to the missing girls.     (more…)

For the new Department of Justice web site design. Notwithstanding the poll.

And, for the record, the Alderaan unpleasantness was all Tarkin’s fault. The man was insane.

The American Constitution Society, a group for liberal legal luminaries, is propagating a version of the Gettysburg Address that takes out the phrase “under God.” I am so constructed that I cannot take this kind of thing lightly. Rot in hell, ACS.

Someone in Hollywood thinks he’s good enough to remake The Incredible Shrinking Man.

How’s that cycle go? Hubris, then Atë, then Nemesis?

Oh, and Lileks is a genius.

I would rather not.

I wonder if he’s LDS?

I wonder how many folks would take that suggestion seriously?

Reminds me of the urban legend about the missionary in a more benighted corner of the South. He explained to locals who wondered where his horns were that he was a polled elder.

I finally broke through my writers’ block on my obituary. Thanks, Nevada!

Via ABC:

“In short,” the official said, “al Qaeda is a racist organization that treats black Africans like cannon fodder and does not value human life.”

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Reality has way too many plot holes.

Financial reform worries farmers. (more…)