2009 was when I left my shell; this was when I hit everyone in the face harder than a bear falling off a trampoline the wrong way. This was when the shit got real, for a lot of people. I’ve had friends online for the longest time; some of them I’ve known from my very… Continue reading this entry
Gays are people. Not “gays are people, too,” but “gays are people.” Period. With the approach of CPAC and the obstinate withdrawal of the FRC and CWA from the event because of GoProud’s sponsorship, now would be a good time to remind people about Conservatism and how gays fit into it. It’s the Liberty, stupid.… Continue reading this entry
Compiled with permission from his tweets today: The thing to understand about @ezraklein is that he wasn’t saying something dumb within his context. Progressives really do think this. The idea that the Constitution is too old and Book-of-Revelations opaque for modernity goes back to late 19th-century progressivism.And before that, it had its roots in the… Continue reading this entry
Well, when it comes to countries, not that much, and at the same time, a lot. The background story is on Outside The Beltway. Basically Chris Albon wondered out loud why we—Americans—keep on calling The Republic of Côte d’Ivoire “The Ivory Coast,” despite the post-colonial government’s protests to do so. Quick answer: it’s easier in… Continue reading this entry
Once more—hopefully my last—and this time, with feeling. Net Neutrality is not license to pirate, or abuse bandwidth. That people think that Net Neutrality prevents ISPs from treating “traffic” differently is a gross oversimplification. Comcast already enacts measures to protect its network from heavy BitTorrent usage, a process called “bandwidth shaping.” Comcast also has a… Continue reading this entry
With today’s passage of FCC rules on enforcing “net neutrality,” many are still wondering how it affects them. It’s been the topic of the most boring debates known to man, and yet can affect all of us. Today I’ll try to identify the warring parties and at least help clear some air. Data is data.… Continue reading this entry
There a typical Liberal meme positing that the predominant majority in America—mostly referring to Whites, but extends also to Christians—is facing a period of fear and horror as their majority starts to dwindle. I think it’s little more than a case of projection, and a way for these folk to assert their superiority over their… Continue reading this entry
The military is given the courtesy of making its own rules, but when they don’t reconcile with the ethos of the times, civilian authority will have to be re-asserted. We—as civilian bloggers, tweeters, pundits, scholars—can debate until world’s end about the pros and cons of repealing Don’t Ask Don’t Tell. What was once a concession… Continue reading this entry
In which I attempt a moral analysis of Wikileaks and Julian Assange without engaging in gratuitous moralizing. The news that prefaced the actual release of the diplomatic cables made one thing clear: Bradley Manning committed a crime by breaking the secrecy of classified documents. Now that’s out of the way, what about Wikileaks’ actually disbursing… Continue reading this entry