Archive for May, 2006
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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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