Archives for April 2013

Sailer: Initially, the Obama Administration dealt with the difficulty that blacks were committing murder so much more often than whites by not updating the Homicide Trends website. … [Read more...]

One of the books that's turned countless folks of my generation onto the "right" -- or at least, steered them away from the "left" -- is Paul Johnson's 1989 book Intellectuals, which features the hair raisingly unflattering biographies of leftwing heroes from Rousseau to Sartre. (Paul … [Read more...]

Michael Moynihan: ...as is often pointed out to me, if one searches Wikipedia for Michael Moynihan, you are confronted first with this page: “Michael Moynihan … [Read more...]

The punchline to Ben Howe's article is the "update" at the bottom: This "trailer" isn't a "trailer" for a real movie at all; it was just an ad for CPAC. Makes the whole situation even more … [Read more...]

Inspired by the news that the effects house responsible for Life of Pi declared bankruptcy right after it won an Oscar... As you’ve likely guessed, the bloated, … [Read more...]

(NOTE: Computer and work "issues" mean this will probably be my only post for the rest of the day. Blogging should resume tomorrow, if not this evening.) 30+ comments … [Read more...]

New-to-me Willie Wonka idea, though... … [Read more...]

"Crawdaddy believes that someone in the United States might be interested in what others have to say about the music they … [Read more...]

Another scoop from BlazingCatFur. … [Read more...]

Heh: ...death by peanut is extremely rare. While estimates range from about 150 to 200 deaths a year from peanut allergies, reporting is spotty and not required, and the Centers for … [Read more...]

Sailer: Personally, I think of the Philippines as a … [Read more...]

James Fulford: The main problem with the piece is that it’s completely insane. (...) I could make you a long list of Asian shooters: … [Read more...]