Yesterday I passed 5,000 page views and today crossed 4,000 unique visits. It has taken me about 2.5 months.
SUVs
I really liked the “That’s Quite Interesting to Mo Rocca” on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart. Here are some quotes: “SUVs: They are big, they are bold and they consume ungodly amounts of fuel. In short, they embody America.” “Now you may say, yes the car is an improvement over the horse, but why… Continue reading SUVs
Democracy or Dictatorship
Zachary Latif recently wrote against democracy in the Muslim world: In fact one remains hopefully that there will be no significant upheaval within the Islamic Crescent since autocracy, in a convoluted way, is the one redeeming aspect of the Islamic Crescent. There is no need to consider the popular sentiment thus demagogues do not arise… Continue reading Democracy or Dictatorship
Full Moon
A crop of the original image taken at full telephoto (190mm).
Japanese American Internment
Representative Howard Coble (R-NC), chairman of the Judiciary subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security, agrees with the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II (“for their own protection”). Rep. Howard Coble, R-N.C., made the remark Tuesday on WKZL-FM when a caller suggested Arabs in the United States should be confined. Another congressman who… Continue reading Japanese American Internment
The Early Bird Bites Dust
I did my taxes really early this year and e-filed my federal return yesterday. Today, I received a W-2 from a company I had interned for a couple of years ago. They paid me a bonus or something last year. I had forgotten all about it. So now I have to file an amended return.… Continue reading The Early Bird Bites Dust
Comment Problems
Haloscan seems to be having problems. The comments have been off and on since yesterday. Now they are working but some recent comments are gone. A notice on the Haloscan website says that server work is in progress. Hope they fix the problems soon.
National Minorities
Jonathan has a very interesting article talking about legal and political systems for indigenous populations and minority groups. He does a great job at outlining the solutions adopted in the EU and elsewhere and then discusses it in the context of the Israeli Arabs. I can’t recommend the article enough. Any excerpt cannot do it… Continue reading National Minorities
Marijuana
I don’t discuss drug policy since I don’t know much about it and also because I am a little conflicted about soft drugs like marijuana. The drug war is probably a bad idea in my opinion, but I don’t agree with my libertarian friends that making drugs legal would be an improvement. Free markets and… Continue reading Marijuana
INS Document Shredding Case
Previous post here. Here is the INS side of the story: In response to the discovery of the document destruction, those who had filed applications and petitions at the California Service Center but had not yet received a receipt for their applications were urged to call a hotline at the Center to inquire about the… Continue reading INS Document Shredding Case