Archives: 2008 August
On letting the radicals control speech
August 21st, 2008, No Comments
Once we start letting the fear of offending some group of people control what books are published, where does it stop? Books are about ideas. I might viscerally hate the ideas in a book, but I don’t think my hatred of those ideas should prevent the book from being published or sold. [...]
Why Even Bother?
August 9th, 2008, No Comments
Why is the Defense Department and Bush Administration even going through the motions of the military commissions for the Guantanamo Bay detainees if they are seriously talking about not releasing them after they are acquitted or have served out their sentences:
Bryan Whitman, a Pentagon spokesman, said it has always been the Defense Department’s position that [...]
The Modern Flying Experience
August 9th, 2008, No Comments
Someone finally captured the essence of air travel today.
