Government Seeks to Track Body Mass of Children

 
Is it prima facie Orwellian to have a bill proposed by the government called the “Healthy Choices Act”? Think about it. 
Let’s just assume that it isn’t for now. Let’s instead commit to judge the creepy statism of any particular legislation by the creepy statist measure it proposes to enact.
In this case, it looks like [...]

No, Sean, Carter Isn’t Distancing Himself from Obama

Mediaite is calling Sean Hannity to task for a misleading characterization of recent remarks from former President Jimmy Carter.  It seems Foreign Affairs recently warned that the worst-case scenario of the Obama Administration’s foreign policy was that the current president would end up looking like the thirty-ninth.  Naturally, Carter was none too thrilled about being [...]

North Ossetian imam misunderstands Islam, in solitary confinement for jihad appeals

How is it that yet another imam, in this case, the spectacularly named “Imam Jimmy,” so drastically misunderstands the religion that he has devoted his life to studying? Interestingly enough, he was a prison imam. “North Ossetian imam in solitary confinement for Jihad appeals,” from Interfax, January 25 (thanks to…

Midnight Snack: The 100 Best Albums of the Decade according to Rolling Stone

I wrote this blog post yesterday responding to Rolling Stone’s Rob Sheffield’s lament for the past 10 years. The political reflection proceeded the unveiling of the magazine’s list of best albums, songs, artists, and films of the decade.
For tonight’s Midnight Snack, here’s the complete list of albums along with a few remarks on select titles:
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