One whale of a disconnect
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I’m not someone who wants to see a killer whale killed just because it killed someone. It’s what killer whales do, and of course Dawn Brancheau, the Seaworld trainer who was killed by an off-kilter orca yesterday, knew that well. Still and all, there’s something not only circular but disturbing about the reasoning displayed in...
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Stimulus working? Not when it comes to thinking.
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My friend Aziz Poonawalla, via Insty who, interestingly, links to the story guilelessly (I can’t buy a link these days–should I get a turban?), lays it right out:
Today is the one-year anniversary of the landmark stimulus bill which most economists agree has staved off a second Great Depression. The evidence that the stimulus has worked is overwhelming...
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Google: Beyond the invisible hand
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No, it’s not all good.
Years ago I wrote, ”Google is not a utility. Or an agent of the state, or a thing that owes anyone anything except to the extent they pay for it. At least for now.”
Out of nowhere comes Google Buzz. It’s social networking that just appeared in your mailbox! As Adrian Dayton...
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This advertising campaign is, well, bad. Very, very bad.
There is a certain irony, though, you know.
The defense representation being offered here is in fact completely legitimate — n0t only to sleazeballs, slime and creeps, who are constitutionally entitled to their defense (just not by me), but to people involved in all sorts of disputes...
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