I like David Mamet's essay in the Village Voice. Here's a nice tidbit:
I began reading not only the economics of Thomas Sowell (our greatest contemporary philosopher) but Milton Friedman, Paul Johnson, and Shelby Steele, and a host of conservative writers, and found that I agreed with them: a free-market understanding of the world meshes more ( Read more... )

I'm so disappointed that my boy is becoming a Scientologist.

There's a legislative effort in Arizona to allow guns in public schools and universities. Specifically, the proposed law would allow those persons with state-issued concealed carry permits to carry weapons at school. You need to be 21 to get such a permit in Arizona, so this would mean teachers and staff (not students) in K-12 schools, and some ( Read more... )

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I apologize if you've already seen this, like, a year ago, but here's a nice spoof of the What is your profession? scene from 300.

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I love this country song. It's been on the radio a lot, and it's by Montgomery Gentry ( Read more... )

I love that Sean Connery is pushing for Scotland's independence. I can just imagine this new Republic of Scotland, freed from the chains of England, fulling realizing its destiny, taking its rightful place at the table of nations. Reminds me of this:

Charlie Mackenzie: You know, Scotland has its own martial arts. Yeah, it's called Fuck You. It's ( Read more... )

So asks an AP story on MSNBC. After Kosovo declared independence from Serbia today, the article ponders the legitimacy of other secessionist movements. Surprisingly, there is no mention of the Free State Project in New Hampshire, while they do mention a movement in Vermont, Scotland, the Basque region of Spain, a possible splitting of Belgium in ( Read more... )

Wired reports on a startup -- Credentia -- that wants to solve online identity theft problems by offering various customized identification validations:
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Imagine you could prove you were 21 without revealing your date of birth -- or anything ( Read more... )

Life imitates art.