Aaron got glasses this week. Now we’re 4 for 4 at our house! Robert Byrd has died at 92. I found him largely obnoxious for a number of reasons, and as I said of Kennedy last year, I’m not sorry his legislative voice is silent. Certainly a memorable figure, though. God be with his family … Read more
I spent just over 13 years on Usenet, and it was a good time. Learned a lot. Laughed a lot. Most germanely to what I want to talk about in this post, my skin got really, really thick. It’s almost impossible to genuinely offend me online. When you’re a veteran of multiple month-long flame wars, … Read more
Congressman Pete Stark had that to say at a town hall meeting this past Saturday. Clearly, he hasn’t heard about the 3,500 acres in southern Arizona we essentially ceded to Mexico four years ago because it’s too violent. I’m also guessing he missed Robert Krentz’s funeral. He didn’t stop there. His sustained ridicule of his … Read more