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Welcome home, Scarface 21 Jul 2013 | 04:25 pm
It was past ten when we arrived home from holiday last night, and the resident muscle-men were kind enough to haul all the bags and boxes from the car to the kitchen. All but one duffel: mine. And I...
On Privacy 10 Jul 2013 | 12:33 pm
Here is why intruding on my privacy, and the privacy of millions of other people living in America, is wrong on its face: it is not that I have something to hide--it's that I have everything to lose. ...
On Ed Snowden's "Oppressive Regime Tour" 1 Jul 2013 | 10:29 am
For those who argue--ridiculously--that Edward Snowden should have "faced the music" and stayed in the US rather than "tour the oppressive, anti-human-rights regimes of the world", a little reminder: ...
Cinnamon-Chocolate Bat Cookies 30 Jun 2013 | 06:48 pm
There are blue sugar crystals on that there bat. Chocolate Bats: The Legend. The tale begins about eighteen years ago, when Son One was in Montessori, and I was in the mood to bake cookies for Hallow...
Unwarranted email-snooping ruled unconstitutional in 2010 26 Jun 2013 | 03:08 am
I was poking around in some 4th Amendment case law online and came across a relatively recent (2010) ruling (.pdf) by the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. It's a solidly pro-civ.....
Friday Frank: My Guitar Wants to Kill Your Mama and Willie The Pimp; Texas; 1984 13 Apr 2013 | 07:21 am
After having spent years searching for live video of Maestro playing My Guitar Wants to Kill Your Mama (a sentimental favorite in our house), I do believe I've got it. And for afters, another Zappa g...
Deborah's Kiss off, Chick-fil-A Lighter, Tastier, and Same-Sex-Marriage-Friendly Milkshake 10 Apr 2013 | 02:46 am
I admit it: there was a time, in the not-too-distant past, when I was (operative word: was) an enthusiastic fan of Chick-fil-A's delicious, creamy milkshakes. No more. Even though the store is three ...
The highest court takes the low road 27 Mar 2013 | 03:49 am
Attention "Supremes": People are not experiments. People's lives are not experiments. People's families are not experiments. People's homes and businesses and visitation rights and survivorship benef...
The Washington Post "addresses" a few TSA matters 15 Mar 2013 | 04:49 pm
In a post today by the normally clear-eyed Jonathan Capehart -- and in The Washington Post, no less -- you will see plenty of admiration for the way the TSA handles children and the elderly (they get ...
The droning 14 Mar 2013 | 01:24 am
There are actually people, in the blogosphere, on Facebook, and on Twitter, who argue--with a straight face--that the Constitution (specifically the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendment guarantees to due pr...
