Archive for September, 2009
Can You Copyright a Word?
I’m not quite sure how The Politico is going to get away with this. The College Politico has received a cease-and-desist letter from lawyers for Politico, demanding that he stop using the word “Politico” in his name — and that he give them control of his domain. Stephen Gutkowski, the operator of the domain, has [...]
On the Death of Conservatism and Who is Trying to Kill it, in Video Form
Here are a couple more videos to chew up all your precious bandwidth. They’re by a couple of my favorite people and I think you’ll find them pretty interesting viewing. First up is the latest episode of Silicon Graffitti from Ed Driscoll. Ed interviews James Piereson of the Manhattan Institute about his rebuttal to Sam [...]
Stacy McCain a Racist? Yeah, Like I’m a Slender Reed.
When I came across the news that Charles Johnson, the proprietor of the Little Green Footballs blog, has called Stacy McCain a white supremacist and a neo-Nazi, two thoughts ran through my head. 1) I haven’t heard Johnson’s name in an awfully long time. Is he still blogging? 2) Charles Johnson is about to find [...]
These Trailers I See, They Call to Me.
Those of you who have read The Shack for a little while know that I don’t often to out to movies. There’s something inside me, perhaps stingy Puritanical blood, that hesitates to spend ten bucks and three hours of my life on a movie I may not like. However, I can be lured by tasty [...]
David Frum is a Whiny Baby, Reports LA Times
I’m not going to write a lengthy takedown of this piece of journalistic malpractice from the Los Angeles Times. It’s not really worth the effort. I will note, though, that it’s a lot easier to understand the charges the “reporter” makes in the article if every time you see the word “some”, you replace it [...]
That’s What You Said