The Sundries Shack

I haven’t really said much about Proposition 8, the Constitutional amendment that passed in California except to say that strongarming old women and attacking peaceable Mormons is exactly the wrong way for gay marriage supporters to bring people to their cause. However, I will say that had I voted on the issue, I could have [...]

The inspector investigating the half-dozen violations of Joe Wurzelbacher’s privacy has finished his work. He found that, indeed, the government of Ohio and three Democrats in particular, improperly accesses his private records. Helen Jones-Kelley was specifically named in the report, which said that her story was contradictory (which means that she lied). The inspector has [...]

Geeks of the World, rejoice!
Actually, Friends and Families of all the Geeks of the World, rejoice! Thanks to the wonderful men of Monty Python who launched their own official YouTube channel, you can now figure out what in the hell they’ve been giggling about for all these years. They of course already have their favorite [...]

Richard Epstein asks “Why License Marriage?” and demonstrates why libertarianism, all by itself, is not sufficient to run a country. Epstein’s argument rest entirely in principles of individual empowerment but forgets that an individual, at least here, lives in a civilized society with lots of other people. Those people have a great interest in making [...]

Cassandra heaps well-earned scorn on our President-Elect for his desire to jump into the matter of college football playoffs with both feet because he thinks “it’s the right thing to do”.
I’m more interested in a teeny-tiny factual error in the middle of his comment.

“I think any sensible person would say that if you’ve got [...]

I’ve been a finalist in three of the last four Weblog Awards hosted by the guys at Wizbang, but I’ve yet to taste the sweet, sweet savor of victory. Or even the middle of the pack.
This year, though, could be different. This could be the year I win one of those stinking awards!
Or not. My [...]

This is going to make for an ugly country in five or ten years.

Today’s teenagers and young adults are far more likely than their parents to believe they’re great people, destined for maximum success as workers, spouses and parents, suggests a report comparing three decades of national surveys.
And these so-called Millennials or Gen Y young [...]

Senator Chuck Hagel is mad as hell and he’s not going to take…whatever it is that he’s been taking…anymore. Hagel lashed out at Republicans and conservatives (again) during a recent speech.

“We are educated by the great entertainers like Rush Limbaugh,” Hagel said Tuesday during a speech in Washington, according to the Huffington Post.
“You know, [...]