Archive for May, 2006

Freedom Slowly Slipping Away

Thursday, May 11th, 2006

It seems like almost every day since September 11, 2001, American citizens have lost a little more freedom than they had the day before. Sometimes freedoms are removed in one fell swoop (e.g. the Patriot Act); other times existing freedoms are chipped away bit by tiny bit. This morning was another ...

Tom Cruise Is Nuts

Tuesday, May 9th, 2006

I am not a big fan of "entertainment news". I try to stay away from it whenever possible. I inevitably see whatever makes it to the front page of Google News, and that's usually more than enough. A few weeks ago, I remember seeing a story about Tom Cruise saying ...

Good Riddance Mr. Moussaoui

Thursday, May 4th, 2006

Two and a half weeks ago I wrote about my desire to have Zacarias Moussaoui spend the rest of his life in prison. Specifically, about that form of punishment, I wrote No phone calls. No letters. No Internet. No visitors. No gym time. No outdoor time. No books. Nothing. Just sitting ...

Colbert Skewers The President

Monday, May 1st, 2006

Stephen Colbert, formerly a correspondent on Comedy Central's The Daily Show and now host of Comedy Central's The Colbert Report, gave a speech at The White House Correspondents' Association Dinner on Saturday night. It turns out that speech was largely ignored by the mainstream media, and when it was given ...