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So we’re talking about sentencing and punishment today in my Courts/Criminal Procedure class and one of students makes a comment that we should have a return of gladiator battles for punishment. “For whom?” I ask. “Child molesters” he says. So then I ask if he expected them to have slap fights in [...] In an effort to further alienate every human being west of the Hudson, the Obama administration has cut off public input from a new federal strategy concerning recreational fishing. From that deranged right-wing outlet known as ESPN: The Obama administration will accept no more public input for a federal strategy that could prohibit U.S. citizens [...]
“What in the wide, wide world of sports is going on here?!” I’ve put off this post for a long, long time. Except to folks like me it’s a mind-stultifyingly boring topic, and one practically requires a PhD in numismatics to comprehend it. But, the federal budget is in the news a [...] (Today’s threedonia mailbag day. I recently got an e-mail from another, avid reader who asked for some tips regarding the fairer sex. In the spirit of Valentine’s Day, I’ll share my e-mail reply (with his name excised) here in this post. I’m very interested in your opinions (please spout off in the comments), and I’m [...] Ms. McArdle exercising her 2nd amendment rights. At a rather young age (10?) I recall reading an article about standardized tests. Researchers were doing studies to determine if standardized tests unfairly measured “low income” and/or “minority” children. The example they used was one of those common, simile problems often used to test a kid’s [...] …to get a set of pom-poms? From the Seattle Times Weekly: Benjamin Grundy is a student at Garfield-Palouse High School (local population: 1,100) who says the school is discriminating against his wishes to do what all the other cheerleaders are doing. Namely, dance, wave pom-poms, wear a proper uniform and not just stand like there like a [...] I concur with John FN Wayne’s post that “Intellectual” used to mean “intelligent”. I think he misses the bullseye by a slim margin — and this may be picking nits. The biggest problem with many (so-called) Intellectuals — in addition to having to suffer no consequences for their ideas as Thomas Sowell aptly [...] A lot of criminals are idiotic, self-justifying morons. In class today we’re watching an interview (of which this includes parts) with Richard Kuklinski aka The Iceman and forensic psychologist Parke Dietz. This guy was the real deal…. Very few people are really scary… a guy who is a sociopath, is fearless and [...] “Forget them, Wendy. Forget them all.” Since the subject of home schooling has come up I thought I’d share an article I read recently. It’s very interesting. I really recommend it. The article can be found here, http://www.spiritmag.com/features/article/the_happiest_man_on_earth/ Here are a few snippets: On Logan’s parents’ homestead, at the edge of an orchard-covered mesa overlooking the [...] The man who gave us “An Inconvenient Truth” has some more inconvenient This time, documentarian Davis Guggenheim is targeting the U.S public Worldwide rights for the film have been acquired by Paramount Vantage, The news release doesn’t mention a title, which means the [...] I’m a teaching a course this semester on mass media and portrayals of the criminal justice system, crime, and criminality. Today is Rodney King day… I’ll have to show this Chris Rock classic. Language is NSFW or kids Tracy! Share on Facebook Screenplay by Roger Ebert, He’s an artiste! A few weeks ago Outlaw posted a very nice article by Roger Ebert. I took the occasion to speak my mind about Roger in the comments. I also received a lot of heat at John Nolte’s old place for stating a negative opinion of Mr. Ebert. Why? About ten years [...] Frank Munro — author The Story of Ferdinand — was serious about grammar. Too bad he didn’t win that battle. In isolation, good grammar is a small thing. Good grammar is, however, a signpost of civilization (and is in no way the exclusive domain of the wealthy) and it is not coincidence [...] Tomorrow afternoon I’m giving a guest lecture on the insanity defense to a graduate psychology course entitled “The Psychopathic Mind”. The usual suspects appear of course: And Bundy and Gacy, etc. All cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs — yet none insane (except for Andrea Yates). I found a particularly chilling 911 call [...] Peter Robinson from the Hoover Institute at Stanford University and from National Review Online hosts an online interview show called Uncommon Knowledge. I cannot praise it high enough. Victor Davis Hanson, Christopher Hitchens, and scores of others have been interviewed in 45 minutes sessions (broken down into 5 parts usually) by Robinson. [...] Our man Rich has been johnny-on-the-spot regarding the junk science of climate change — or man-made global warming or whatever. This science has not been the only place for shenanigans of course. The largest area of junk science since alchemy has come from the broad amorphous field called the social sciences (so-called) including [...] “On the 3rd planet from the Sun, I’ve been trying to get the funky job done!” Wow! Mighty Skip has just made my month! And in a month that includes Christmas that’s sayin’ something’. I really like James Brown and I am a big fan of his song, “Gravity.” I hesitate to [...] I had canceled my afternoon class yesterday because I was taking some students on a tour of a state prison, but before I could post the sign on the door a student approached me and asked if she could have an excused absence. “Why?” I asked. “My friends and I are going to [...] I hope I don’t offend anyone; this is a sincere question and I am very interested in learning what y’all (you’se guys for Rich and Stosh, you’ins for Eric) have to say. I haven’t looked at the numbers but there is no question our nation graduates way, way, way too many people in certain majors. [...] “Whatever it is, I’m against it!” Alright students, listen up. I’ve had all I can take of this Climate Change/Global Warming/Ice Caps receding/El Nina/El Nino/CO2 Good/CO2 Bad/Carbon Footprint/Carbon Offset/Cap and Trade/Crap and Trade nonsense. In the words of Popeye the Sailor, “that’s all I can stands, I can’t stands no more!” I know this is [...] Here’s a great piece from spiked online on what ails modern education. Here’s a taste, read the whole thing: In virtually every Western society, education is in trouble. Unfortunately, however, policymakers tend to obsess only about the symptoms of the problem – unsatisfactory standards in core subjects, growth of a cohort of poorly schooled underachievers [...]
It is not earth shattering news for me to tell you that Jesse Jackson is a reverend, but did you also know that he was a Genetic Engineer specializing in cutting edge ethnic identification theories never previously considered? Me neither. Yet on Wednesday November the 18th when Rep. Arthur Davis (D-Ala.) informed the Congressional Black [...] Hey, Ohio State, ya handed the Nittany Lions their collective ass last weekend, but do you have a class program that can inspire projects like this one? “I hadn’t interacted a whole lot with other veterans and so I wasn’t sure how I was going to react,” said [David] Walker, a former specialist in the U.S. [...] Will you step into my parlor? At the risk of preaching to the choir I’d like to take some time and discuss the dangers of Government intervention in the free market. My chosen method for this will be actual examples from my personal experience. How am I privy to such things? Glad you asked. When [...] quisling: B. adj. (attrib.). That collaborates with an enemy; traitorous, disloyal. Today’s example was blogged on by John FN Wayne yesterday… Dede Scozzafava, the former (moderate — read “liberal”) Republican candidate for the House seat in the 23rd District of New York. Facing an independent run from a conservative who was corralling [...] Motherf*&$er: 1. With negative connotation. a. An obnoxious, despicable, or contemptible person; a very unpleasant person. Freq. as a term of abuse. OED 2d ed. 1989 Today’s example is a plural. Each and every California State legislator is a motherf%$#er. From the Los Angeles Times: Reporting from Los Angeles and Sacramento – [...] Of course we know the answer to that, but nevertheless Jason Richwine of the AEI has an interesting piece on the issue atThe American. This same principle works in places where the default and iconoclastic beliefs are reversed. Japan, for example, has no tradition of monotheistic religion, but the few Japanese Christians tend to be much [...] The OED is down today so this definition comes from A Preface to Philosophy 3d ed. by Mark B. Woodhouse, Wadsworth (1984). Deontological: “Any ethical system or standard in which the rightness of an act is defined by reference to factors other than the act’s consequences.” Today’s example comes from my dear State of California. The U.S. Supreme [...] Eight great gun quotes from ROFASIX, Cav Guy! 1. Don’t pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, He’ll just kill you. 2. If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck. 3 I carry a gun cause a cop is too heavy. 4. When seconds count, the cops are just [...] I chop down trees, I skip and jump, I love to press wild flowers. What does Al Gore and his minions claim to hate? CO2. What do trees inhale? CO2. What do trees do with that CO2? Make trees, er wood, er lumber. So the more trees we have the more wood we have the more [...]
View more news videos at: http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/video. Hell, I’m 41 and I wish Tiger Woods was proud of me. Share on Facebook A colleague of mine sent me this (sort of) primer on health care written by an attorney named Chandra Westergaard. It’s called ” Introduction and History of Health Insurance in the United States”. In it she lays out the different terms, laws, etc. involved in health care and a brief history of each. [...] This is a television commercial from Macedonia and is part of a campaign to put religion back into schools there…. I have no opinion on whether Macedonians should do that I guess, but the ad is well done. One of their taglines is “Religion is knowledge too.” Share on Facebook It’s amazing what one can learn off these here Internets. Prepping for a lecture on state corrections costs and healthcare I came across this wonderful website — and by “wonderful” I mean it made me despair, pull my hair out and reinforced my growing detestation of our current political structure — federal and state. [...] Tonight’s International Law class touches on (among other things) torture, extraordinary rendition, caning bratty American teenagers, and extradition…. I think I’m going with “Pro”. Share on Facebook Hip-hop purveyor R. Kelly is illiterate – he says. The press release was illegible and written with a Husky big pencil on Big Chief tablet. “When I was trying to make it out here, I already knew, and I was stubborn about it,” he said. “I don’t even read really and I’m not afraid to [...] I rarely lose my cool… I have a very long fuse and when I do get mad it’s like a Texas thunderstorm — blows in quickly and then it’s over just as quickly. So tonight in my Ethics class in our Public Administration program students were giving presentations and one student chose the decision [...] Kostya receives a visit from an old friend before he settles into a New York state of mind for this week’s Biggest Pile of Crap. WTF?!? Not so hard to believe the anti-award must be shared. Share on Facebook In the wake of all the Hughes love, glad I remembered this fun little ditty from Carl Reiner and watched it this past weekend. With summer now officially over (as punctuated for me at least with Chad Smith destroying his drum kit after playing every Chickenfoot song, AKA the party album of 2009, as well [...] |
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