I’m a huge fan of Neil Young’s music, whether CSNY or solo. There are lyrics that pop into my head. The melodies can move me. More than anything else, the songs bring me back to happy, simpler times. And there
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Seaton: A Few Short Jokes For Your Consideration
Happy Friday! Here are a few short jokes for your consideration, two of which I will make no bones about being completely awful.
Boutrous-Boutrous Ghali and Yo-Yo Ma go out to dinner. They ask the waiter, “How is the mahi-mahi?”
The Wrong Question For Justice Breyer’s Successor
I remember when candidate Trump, from the debate stage, announced he would appoint a Supreme Court justice who would overrule Roe v. Wade, as candidate Clinton announced she would appoint one who would uphold abortion. Both made me cringe. It’s
Both Illiberal, But Not Quite The Same
In the latest version of “Let’s Come Up With A Stupid Law,” Florida’s entry is the “Don’t Say Gay” bill.
A Florida House committee on Thursday passed a bill seeking to ban discussions of sexuality and gender identity in
58 Flavors Invading Facebook*
It’s not that Facebook forces its users to declare their sex, but that if they chose to do so, they had an option.
Previously, users had to identify themselves as male or female. They were also given the option
Tuesday Talk*: Cancel The Beatles?
Biden called some guy named Doocy a “stupid son of a bitch.” It was inappropriate and impetuous, and he quickly apologized for his intemperate remark. But what about the Beatles?
Not so many years ago I would park my
The Awkward Guns on New York City Streets
There are law-abiding gun owners. There are shooters. There is a constitutional amendment, for better or worse, that protects the fundamental right of a citizen to possess a gun. What’s a former police captain turned mayor to do?
In
The Cop Crime of Failing To Intervene
Derek Chauvin has already been convicted for the murder of George Floyd. To the extent any conviction “sends a message” to anyone, the message has been sent. But the trial of the three officers working under Chauvin’s training eye is
“Systemic Racism” Obscures What Needs Fixing
Matt Lutz opens at Persuasion with a great anecdote that I never heard before.
In “The Imaginary Invalid,” a play written by the French satirist Molière, a doctor is asked why opium makes people fall asleep. The doctor replies that
Syracuse Punishes A Question, But A Bad Question
It’s fatally vague, backward and fundamentally flawed, so naturally Syracuse University made it a regulation, the violation of which was subject to punishment. To its credit, FIRE took up the cause of Syracuse freshman Samantha Jones, who was found to