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Gun Control: The theory that a woman found dead in an alley, raped and strangled with her panty hose, is somehow morally superior to a woman explaining to police how her attacker got that fatal bullet wound. (hat-tip to commenter Marcy Quice) June 1st, 2006 | 23 comments - (Comments are closed)
 Getting a lecture on morality from a politician is like getting a lecture on chastity from a whore May 29th, 2006 | 10 comments - (Comments are closed)
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This insight into Apple Computer’s design was made by the reader Balfegor, in response to a post by Ann Althouse on the merits or otherwise of the offerings of that computer company. I myself am so frustrated with the erratic performance and system bloat of Windoze XP that I am resolved to not purchase another item of software from Microsoft, and I am tossing up between buying an Apple or building my own Linux based system. I have heard great things about Apple’s recent offerings, but I had always had an objection to the company’s products which I could never put my finger on until I read Balfegor’s comments. May 20th, 2006 | 69 comments - (Comments are closed)
Experience teaches us to be most on our guard to protect liberty when the government’s purposes are beneficent. May 17th, 2006 | 8 comments - (Comments are closed)
Alan B. Shepard, aviator and astronaut. I also rather like his terse message to Mission Control at the time of his flight in 1961: “Why don’t you fix your little problems and light this candle”. I am sure he would be thrilled at the private sector space ventures that Dale has been tirelessly writing about lately. May 11th, 2006 | 8 comments - (Comments are closed)
If I were his lawyer, I would point out that using a government office for having sex with his secretary was far less ruinous for Britain than how he might otherwise have been using it. While Prescott was harmlessly fucking his secretary, the rest of the cabinet were probably hatching schemes to make us all line up and be fingerprinted. Put it this way: would you rather he was shafting his secretary, or the nation? We got off lightly. May 9th, 2006 | 16 comments - (Comments are closed)
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Isaiah Berlin, reminding us of the value of stating truths over and over, even if you fear you are just preaching to the converted. May 3rd, 2006 | 20 comments - (Comments are closed)
“Power corrupts. Powerpoint corrupts absolutely.” – Edward R. Tufte, professor emeritus of political science, computer science and statistics, and graphic design at Yale May 2nd, 2006 | 22 comments - (Comments are closed)
“Partly, the Russian system succeeds because, in contrast to the Western industrial economies, it makes full use of its manpower.” – John Kenneth Galbraith (1984), an American intellectual who passed away yesterday. April 30th, 2006 | 40 comments - (Comments are closed)
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