Month: April 2009

Episodes in Wingnuttia

Let’s say, just hypothetically, that your state legislature decided to ban dishwasher detergent containing phosphates because it pollutes the water supply. And then let’s say, hypothetically, that people discovered...

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What the GOP Fears

We like to think there are absolute truths…something like Plato’s Ideas. For example, we think there is some kind objective reality to the concept of illegality. Something is illegal or it is not. Something is...

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Angst and Pouting in Las Vegas

Jordan Valley stands next to me at the crap game. She looks like a hooker but she’s really a porn star. Big difference. Sex for money, sure, but still a big difference. Hookers have no screen presence, Spitzer’s is a...

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