Unqualified Offerings

By Thoreau
In the Hit and Run thread announcing Kerry Howley’s enrollment in grad school, I posted the rules of grad school.  I’m re-posting them here:
1) There is no greater good than free food.
2) See rule 1.
3) Funding comes pretty close to free food, but see rule 1.
4) Your thesis advisor is [...]

By Thoreau
From our wonderful comments gallery:
Obama is still, as of this moment, a lesser evil, so nearly as I can tell. But the worst thing about someone who so directly breaks clear promises is that you then lose rational grounds on which to assess their future prospects. I really don’t think, right now, that Obama [...]

By Thoreau
Salon.com’s pilot has words of wisdom regarding the Ministry for State Security.  Short version:  It’s OK for the airline to give out utensils on the plane, but it’s not OK for an airline pilot to have the exact same utensils at the checkpoint.  So, if you are planning on stabbing somebody, please use the [...]

By Thoreau
In today’s LA Times, there’s an excellent article on why this gross expansion of wiretap power will hamper the functioning of whatever watchdog power remains in the media:
The reach of such surveillance has already hampered my work. I was once told about a showdown between a U.S. warship and the Iranian navy that had [...]