Image by denmar via Flickr I am. There’s a rumor going around that you can get your number off of autodial lists by pressing pound or by pressing a combination of buttons during the call. Here’s this from Lifehacker: The National Do Not Call Registry doesn’t cover political messages, and you’ve probably noticed that lately. One […]
Half of life is showing up
October 19, 2010 by
It’s often been said that most of life is showing up (Woody Allen quantified it as “80 percent,” so who am I to argue?). So what does it say about our political candidates who won’t show up? In Utah, the presumed front-runners are not showing up. Complains Douglas Mortensen with Salt Lake’s Rotary Club: For […]
Why two parties? Why not more?
October 15, 2010 by
Image via Wikipedia Too many parties leads to extremism, says James Taranto in the Wall Street Journal. Two is actually the optimum number of parties. A viable and durable third party would make it far easier to be elected with only minority support; more parties than that would raise the specter of small extremist parties […]
firing a mayor: only in Russia
September 28, 2010 by
Just heard this on NPR: President Medvev fired Moscow’s mayor. Can he even do that? Guess democracy isn’t the same world over. More later…
What I’m reading right now:
September 3, 2010 by
What I’m reading right now: William Baude “Signing Unconstitutional Laws” 86 Ind. L. J. (forthcoming 2011)
The Pentagon Papers of the Afghan War? Or more smoke than fire?
July 26, 2010 by
Image via Wikipedia Check it at the New York Times here, the Wall Street Journal here, Boing Boing here, and especially here, at Wikileaks. It may be the “largest intelligence leak in history”. Here are a few books that you might want to read: Taliban, by Ahmed Rashid, Ghost Wars by Steve Coll, Unholy Wars […]
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