Six Supreme Court decisions this week. All of them (but one) were decided 5-4. In my mind, the court got about half of them right… the problem is that the ones they got wrong were real doozies. Here are the cases, from best to worst (in my opinion):

I suppose, given the nature of market economies, burqinis were inevitable. Guys, be sure to add it to the shopping list for your wives or girlfriends! I’d never imagined a two-piece swimsuit could be more modest than a one-piece.

The Washington Post just finished an excellent four-part piece, analyzing Vice President Cheney’s power and influence in the White House. What emerges is an interesting, if at times disturbing, picture of a man who knows exactly what he wants and how to get it. Anyone who has been following this administration won’t be [...]

Today’s New York Times has an extremely interesting article discussing new advances in the field of evolutionary-development, and what it means for our understanding of the processes of evolution.  Assuming that the information presented in this article is correct (a decent assumption, but one should always take mass-media articles on technical subjects with a significant [...]

Last week, in response to the speculation that Bloomberg would enter the race, I looked at the history of third party candidacies, and what it might take for a future third party candidate to actually win the presidency. And things look pretty bleak for Bloomberg along those lines, and not just because only once [...]

Eighteen people in the presidential race–nineteen once Fred Thompson makes it official–but turn on Cable News lately and you’ll see a lot of talk about who will be number 20. Gore came out with a book, lost a little weight, and went on the obligatory talk-show tour, and that resparked plenty of Gore ‘08 [...]

The current incarnation of the post-hippie counter-culture is absurd. There are more than six billion people on the planet, and almost half of them have to struggle to even feed themselves on a daily basis. Of course, there is plenty of food out there. It’s just a matter of distribution. The [...]

The Bush Administration has always had an expansive view of executive authority.  This is old news.  So when I read this article in today’s Boston Globe, I wasn’t horribly surprised.  The GAO found that the Bush Administration had ignored six out of the nineteen randomly chosen laws about which the president had issued signing statements.  [...]

Here’s what I don’t understand. The press keeps talking about a looming humanitarian crisis in the Gaza strip if Israel doesn’t allow food in, or Palestinians out.
But Gaza isn’t landlocked. It’s long and thin, and has a nice stretch of border along the Mediterranean Sea. Why can’t aid workers bring food and [...]

I’m sick of seeing all this press about Romney being a Mormon. Because it plays right into his hands. The thing is, there aren’t all that many people in this country who would refuse to vote for somebody based on the candidate’s religion. Sure, there are some, but those are people that [...]