Federal Judge James Munley has temporarily denied Hazelton, PA, the right to enforce a new local law that would: Fine landlords found to be renting space to illegal aliens Close down businesses that hire them Allow legal employees to sue the businesses for employment lost during such a shutdown Sounds good to me. But says…
Category: Society
Jon Swift: Smarmy Enough to Make Me Ill
Jon Swift’s return fire to Rush Limbaugh is brilliant. And disgusting. This is feel-good intellectual superiority at its worst. Smarmy, it seems, is back in style thanks to W and Mark Foley. This is a super piece – tight, well-written, with just the right amount of sarc to make an audience feel clever. Too bad…
Today’s Criminal Injustices
First, in moment of a staggering genius, the technical wizards at the Texas DPS have decided to track deported sex offenders after all. Andy Kahan, director of the crime victim’s office for Houston Mayor Bill White, had to ask the DPS to make the change after one such scumbag killed a Houston cop last month….
No Tag? Schools Are Idiots…
I was going to let pass the latest bit of stupidity on the part of some of our nation’s so-called institutes of learning, but Frank Deford’s silver-tongued skewering of overly sensitive school administrators made me mad all over again. This CNN article first caught my eye a week or so back. Here’s another article from…
1/3 Say Torture OK
The BBC says that 29% of 27,000 respondents from 25 countries think some amount of torture is OK when used to combat terrorism. The percentage is 36% in the U.S., making us more amenable than average to inflicting pain on our enemies. Is this wrong? I say that it is not, given that the people…
Smoking Bans, a Hesitant Thumbs Up
On the surface of it, I love the new rage of banning of smoking in public restaurants and bars. As a matter of principle, however, I hate the idea of the government coming in and telling people what to do. What’s a guy to do? I’m going to go with immediate gratification on this one,…
England’s Veil Debate
There’s an interesting row going on in England about Muslim women’s head scarves and their effect on cross-cultural relations. I don’t know beans about Mr. Straw, but I think it’s great for a pol to actually say something bold that he believes in. Can you imagine a U.S. congressman with a voter base that’s 30%…
Dead Zone
The Internet is the most amazing tool of our time – or any time – for spreading information around. But when it comes to person-to-person relationships it’s an emotional dead zone. The first wired generation is beginning to realize that, while others have known it for some time. Why blog, then? Not to connect emotionally,…
The Internet, an Emotional Dead Zone
The Internet is the most amazing tool of our time – or any time – for spreading information around. But when it comes to person-to-person relationships it’s an emotional dead zone. The first wired generation is beginning to realize that, while others have known it for some time. Why blog, then? Not to connect emotionally,…
Weed Aids Alzheimer’s?
Wouldn’t this piss of the Prez and DEA if true? The whole war on drugs is a stupid waste of time anyway…