Month: March 2012

Today I saw this post by Erik Loomis at the Lawyers, Guns, and Money Blog. It is a brief rant in response to Rand Paul’s absurd claim that taxation of oil companies is, well, I’ll let the Dim Son say it himself: Instead of punishing them, you should want to encourage them. I would think… Continue reading I Disagree with Loomis Somewhat

Oops. This weekend, I discovered that an entry I had for a local extinct volcano called Kilbourne Hole had wrong directions. They were correct when we posted them, but a couple of years ago some construction was done that resulted in an alteration of the path. As well, one of the numbered county roads got… Continue reading Outdated Information on Kilbourne Hole

While listening to a recent episode of The Skeptic Zone podcast, I heard a familiar question: how do you react when an artist, whose work you enjoy, turns out to be a kook? The next day, I saw James Brown wins this week’s Roman Polanski award for “great art being created by really bad people.”… Continue reading On Art and Artists

One of my favorite reads lately is former Bush speechwriter David Frum. Today he linked to a John Oliver bit from the Daily Show. It was insightful and painful to tears. It was every bit as biting as A Modest Proposal. Part 1 Part 2 Interestingly, Frum makes some points against Oliver’s presentation that are… Continue reading Sometimes I Hate Good Satire

From Charles Pierce at Esquire: Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal wants to be your vice-president. (He may also want to be your president, too, but being your vice-president first is an easy way to do that.) His first audition for the second slot was to become the prime surrogate for the relentless juggernaut that was the… Continue reading Pierce on Bobby Jindal