Jeff Foust has an article at today’s issue of The Space Review on the recent meeting to remember the failure on the tenth anniversary, with a lot of discussion of the topics of my book.
Category Archives: Social Commentary
New Kitchen Flooring
Well, the hardest part is done — we finally selected and purchased some. Installing will be a snap (literally, in this case, since it’s click-lock laminate) by comparison.
Similarly, I always find the hardest part of painting to be color selection. At least as long as it’s a group effort.
Tell Us What You Really Think About The Donald
For those among you so benighted as to not receive the weekly Goldberg File via email, here’s why you should:
Anyway, I spent a week getting crap from all of these allegedly purer-than-moi conservatives about how we could not possibly risk letting Chris Christie or GOProud sully the peripatetic temple of conservatism known as CPAC. And then they invited Donald Trump to be one of the keynoters, with more time than nearly any other speaker. And that did it for me. CPAC is free to invite whoever it wants, of course. But spare me the CPAC-is-for-true-conservatives bunk. I consider Trump a ticky-tacky ass-clown of metaphysical proportions. He’s a huckster and a buffoon who thinks he’s a genius because the rubes fall for his act and his reality show gets good ratings with C-list has-beens who wouldn’t make the cut for a remake of The Love Boat. His conservatism conservatism — to the extent it exists at all — is all by the seat of his pants, which makes sense given that is the article of clothing nearest his brain.
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Dear Paul Krugman
…”I’ll see you in Hell.”
The Ümlaut
I just discovered an interesting blog on economics, innovation, society and public policy. The current top two posts are thoughts on whether “liberals” or conservatives are more anti-science, and whether or not Paul Krugman is meta-rational.
A Black Conservative
I’m always amused by people who are absolutely convinced that Rush Limbaugh is a racist hatemonger, despite the fact that they have never actually listened to him.
The Public State Of Ignorance
Sarah Hoyt says we should hope that more people don’t feel the need to become politically aware.
Intellectual Apostasy
…and its perils.
My respect for Steven Pinker has declined as a result of this episode.
Auto Insurance Spam
Every day my inbox (or rather, my spam box) is flooded with spam telling me about how “auto rates” are going down (presumably it means insurance, though the word is often not mentioned). Usually, the subject is something like “The president has passed a new law reducing your rates,” or “Washington has passed a new law…”
Well, today, I got my first Pope auto-rate spam:
Subject: New Pope Equals Lower Auto Rates? Yes – See Why.
– – – – New Pope Announcement Has Major Impact On Your Auto Rates – – – –
The new pontiff – Francis The 1st is already having a dramatic impact on auto rates. Did you know the month a new pope is elected is always the safest month to drive of the year? This is why major auto insurers have come together to lower auto rates to $3.75/month for drivers who sign up during the month of March who reside in low-risk driving zip codes
See if your area qualifies for the new rates by visiting the link below and entering your zip code. Should you qualify, expect your rates to drop and budget accordingly.
Needless to say, I didn’t click on the link below, but you have to give them marks for creativity in coming up with idiot bait.
Section 5 Is A Racial Entitlement
Eric Holder’s Deaprtment of (In)Justice agrees with Justice Scalia.