Unqualified Offerings

Second-Level Humans, coming soon to an editing machine near you…

By Thoreau
I’m not a regular reader of Andrew Sullivan, so I’m not familiar with all of his traditions, but it seems that Moore Award voting happens at the end of December.  For those who are regular readers of Sullivan, please help me keep an eye out for when the Moore Award voting begins.  You may [...]

By Thoreau
While I know that franchising relationships can work well for some cases, I’m not sure that all of the claims in this one are accurate:
“People can expect the same quality of life at any U.S.A. location,” House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) told reporters. “All will be provided with the First Amendment, free [...]

By Thoreau
I’m thankful that my school isn’t Division I and doesn’t have a football team.

By Thoreau
Multiple lab groups had no clue how to use a protractor.  Nobody ever taught them.  They were measuring the angle between two lines by aligning the straight edge with one line (so far so good), putting the intersection of the lines at the far end of the edge rather than the center (AARRGGHH!!!) and [...]

By Thoreau
Commenter dhex has often noted that the more spirited partisans of Stupid Party and Evil Party (which is which is anybody’s guess) are like drunk fans at a sports bar, getting up in each other’s faces over teams that neither of them have any actual involvement with.  Well, apparently one’s opinion of Godfather’s Pizza [...]

By Thoreau
In one of my classes I’m having students do a final project.  Next week they will have to critique drafts written by other students.  I will also weigh in on the drafts, but I want them to read each other’s work because seeing the flaws in somebody else’s paper might teach them to recognize [...]

By Thoreau
The Malaysian war crimes tribunal.

By Thoreau
…then why would you want to give him the power to order the indefinite detention of anybody anywhere?
To their credit, the Obama administration is apparently opposed to this bill, or at least the particulars. And while I would hope for a principled objection, I respect the power of the “This won’t even accomplish what [...]

By Thoreau
Obama commuted one person’s sentence and pardoned five people. Apparently all of the crimes were non-violent, aside from the person transporting stolen property all were victimless, and four involved drugs.
I expect no flights to China from a black Democrat with the middle name Hussein, but still, this is positive.   Let us hope  for more [...]