Month: March 2009

Open Thread

It’s the time of the month when I have to pay for the rent, the server, etc., so if you’d like to see this place avoid bankruptcy maybe you could provide a little bailout money to the Frog Pond? I’d really...

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They Were Nazis, Walter?

The 20th-Century saw two major forms of totalitarianism: communism and fascism. Communism represented the far left and fascism represented the far right. The American left and the American right can sometimes resemble in a faint...

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Philip Morris Appeal Thrown Out of Supreme Court

. Supreme Court ends Philip Morris appeal of $79.5M award WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court threw out a cigarette maker’s appeal of a $79.5 million award to a smoker’s widow, likely signaling the end of a 10-year...

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