Eric Berlin describes another mind-boggling lawsuit: Two teenage girls get sued for baking cookies for a neighbor. The problem wasn't the cookies. It was the neighbor. See also: The Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler. Addendum, Feb. 6: Wizbang reports that radio station KOA ...
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It has been several years since I have been in Europe, so perhaps this won't surprise others as much as it surprised me. Read the comments, too -- some are good, as is this suggested link to an article entitled ...
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This is an award I would love to earn. But I have to admit that the three finalists are more worthy choices than I. Great men, all. And, alas, regardless of how hard I work to spread the truth about ...
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Rarely do I criticize another for being old-fashioned, but I find the very notion of tenure distastefully medieval. Literally. In the Middle Ages there were few institutions offering scholars the opportunity to ponder -- not just few alternatives to universities, ...
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This is an award I would love to earn. But I have to admit that the three finalists are more worthy choices than I. Great men, all. And, alas, regardless of how hard I work to spread the truth about ...
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John Samples of the Cato Institute explains why the Armstrong Williams affair is just the tip of the iceberg: The Bush Administration, he says, "spent $250 million on public relations during its first term," while President Clinton spent about $128 ...
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...the Franz Josef Glacier in New Zealand is growing at the rate of 12 feet per day. For more on glaciers and global warming, I recommend this ...
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Russian chess champion Gary Kasparov asks: In the coming battle for freedom within Russia, with whom will the West side? Here's part of what he wrote in the Wall Street Journal: ...The Duma recently passed a law that punishes foreigners ...
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Rarely do I criticize another for being old-fashioned, but I find the very notion of tenure distastefully medieval. Literally. In the Middle Ages there were few institutions offering scholars the opportunity to ponder -- not just few alternatives to universities, ...
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The Heritage Foundation has released a paper providing guidance on how to judge the report the Volcker Investigation is releasing today. Heritage's Nile Gardner says there is a "strong possibility" the report will be a "whitewash of most of the ...
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