…and the stuffed shirt.
Thoughts On Rampant Racism
…in academia. But if you point it out, and urge them to be judge people by the content of their character instead of the color of their skin, you’re the racist.
On The Misreporting By The Houston Chronicle
…on last night’s debate that I discussed (among other things) at the National Review this morning. Tea Party in Space responds.
[Update late evening]
As part of the Tea In Space article, Andrew has a very interesting chart.
The Apology To Sarah Palin
The Lincoln-Douglas Debates
It really was a pathetic performance.
Hyphens Can Be Your Friend
…or your enemy. I’m fairly fastidious about this (as I am with apostrophes), and I no doubt annoy many people whose stuff I edit. As the piece points out, the purpose of a hyphen is to disambiguate adjectives, so you can tell for sure what is modifying what. For instance, “a light red fox” could be an underweight red fox, but “light-red fox” indicates that it is a fox (of indeterminate subspecies) that is light red in color. The exception is if the first word is an adverb, such as “lightly colored fox,” in which case the hyphen and connection of the two words is implicit.
That is all.
I’m Sure That’s Part Of It
Is extreme bank regulation a key to the lousy economy? The fact that there’s a ton of uncertainty about Frank-Dodd doesn’t help, either. And of course, Sarbanes-Oxley has been a disaster for start ups.
An Out-Of-This-World Debate Question
I have some thoughts on last night’s surprise space policy discussion, over at National Review Online.
On The Internet, No One Knows You’re A Dog
Many also can’t tell that you’re not a Syrian lesbian. Or is that a Lebanese sybian?
I am so confused.
Did He Say That With A Straight Face?
Barack Obama: “If you’re looking for partisan rhetoric, I’m not your guy.”
Words fail. The frightening thing is, that he may actually be so self delusional as to believe it.