The Daily Routines of Famous Writers
Judge Bork on Martinis
Urban Renewal, Corporate-Style - Zappos.com founder tries to resurrect downtown Las Vegas.
Work as Service and Servant
Today's history lesson: The Children of Hannibal
Howard Zinn in the College Classroom
This Is Not a Profile of Nassim Taleb
"France psychiatrist guilty over murder by patient."
Climate Alarmism: The Beginning of the End?
It’s Time for Lawyers to Loosen Their Grip on the American Economy
What America's trial lawyers want from Santa
Your Scary-Ass Chart of the Day
The truth about the AR-15 (h/t Insty)
Bowman:
...can we say, hands on hearts, that the state is wise today to be unafraid of its people? Or, for that matter, that the people even want to be trusted, as opposed to being taken care of, by the state?
10 myths about the Connecticut shootings - The horrific Sandy Hook massacre has prompted a wave of ill-informed comment about backward Americans.
Our reader Richard's thoughts about gun regulation
Sultan:
To understand the left's position on nearly any issue, imagine a 20th Century American and then take away accountability. Assume that the individual is helpless and stupid, has little to no control over his own behavior and is only responding to stimuli and functions in a purely reactive capacity. Then use that data to come up with a response to anything from kids getting fat to a football player shooting his wife to terrorists firing rockets at Israel. The only possible answer to reactive behavior is to find the thing being reacted to and condemn it.
If you want to fake being a member of the left on any topic and in any setting, master this simple phrase. "But we have to look at the root causes to see who is really responsible." Congratulations, you can now get by anywhere from Caracas to Brussels to Berkeley.
