Month: June 2010

Open Thread

Congratulations to the Chicago BlackHawks for winning their first Stanley Cup in forty-nine years. You earned it. But the Flyers had a truly magical playoff run. I’m just going to supply some quality tunes before I make my...

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Stupid Ideas

Twelve percent of the seats in the House of Representatives are from California. About 50 of those 53 seats are uncompetitive. The system is broken. But the solution is probably a bit worse. California drew safe districts after...

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Can’t say ‘Israeli apartheid’ in Toronto

Let them in the parade and let people along the parade route judge for themselves. I’ve booed and shouted opinions at a few organizations in gay pride parades. Do we have to act as if everyone with a sign in a gay pride...

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Obama Gets Sanctions on Iran

Obama got his (somewhat weak) international sanctions on Iran today. That’s an accomplishment. There’s exactly no chance that a President McCain could have convinced China or Russia to go along with sanctions even if...

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