July 16, 2011

The Media Hates Mitt

There are valid criticisms to be made about Mitt Romney, and those have been well-documented elsewhere.  Still, it is surprising to see the ruthlessness with which Romney's every utterance is used in an attempt to destroy him.  The media se...

July 9, 2011

Grand Theft Alito

The depravity of pop culture cannot be contained by market forces, nor even by parents.  That is why the recent Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Assoc. comes as a disappointment. The studies which have investigated the ...

July 9, 2011

The Jurors' New Clothes

If an individual is given a position of authority based on some quality other than merit, that individual will tend to wield power in an arbitrary and damaging way.  Take twelve random people and expect them to make a sound judgment in a case th...

June 26, 2011

Everyone v. Everyone: The Era of the Class Action Lawsuit

The definition, or at least the current usage, of the word "discrimination" has become so blurred that it no longer resembles its original definition at all.  The vast majority of Americans seem to have internalized the ethic represented in the ...

June 19, 2011

Jon Stewart Does Cable News (again)

Jon Stewart is back in the news, appearing today on Fox News Sunday.  The widely accepted view is that his political satire is a boon to our democracy, and totally divorced from partisanship.  Stewart gained visibility from a previous appea...

June 18, 2011

I Miss Trump, But I Don't Want Him Back

When confronted with snide female interviewers who regarded him with thinly veiled hostility, Donald Trump simply uttered, "Excuse Me," and they were chastised like schoolchildren.  Other Republican politicians just did not know this was an opti...

June 11, 2011

In Defense of Romney, the Alleged Flip-Flopper

Mitt Romney's greatest liability is said to be the role he played in enacting a health care mandate in Massachusetts.  His plan is said by various analysts to have benefited the state greatly, and conversely, that it has made sick people travel ...