Back in 2007, George Loper published a post I wrote calling ethanol a "pipe dream" (it doesn't seem to be up on the site any longer since he migrated to a new server).  I was reminded of it this week when I heard a story on NPR about how the ethanol industry has continued to… Read full post »

Or, how the Supreme Court is nullifying the Fourth Amendment while keeping the world safe from people who may (or may not, actually, as it turned out) owe a fine.

The announcement that McDonnell has decided to make it harder, not easier, for non-violent felons who have paid their debt to society to have their voting rights restored, reminds me that I responded two years ago to Republicans' charge that Democrats were in favor of voting-rights restoration becaus… Read full post »

Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Fact that Rick Warren is Giving the Inaugural Prayer.

I was talking with a friend today who lives in San Francisco--exchanging New Year's greetings and getting caught up. I mentioned I had just seen Milk; she had seen it… Read full post »

Remember that old Charmin tissue commercial? Charmin was so soft, apparently (i wouldn't know--I hate that kind of stuff), that no one could resist giving it a squeeze. It seems to be nearly as hard to resist mocking Sarah Palin. She's such an easy target. Well, but here's the… Read full post »