Doubtless the word “hero” gets tossed around far too cavalierly, but I do think it applies to the men and women of United Flight 93. In many ways, they were the first soldier fatalities in the war on terror, and I think a memorial at the crash site is a fine idea. But let’s get … Read more
This is a timely bit of journalism against the backdrop of GM’s government takeover “bankruptcy.” My friend Susan wonders today: “If the new Government Motors Corp. can’t make cars people want to buy, wonder how long it will be before we are required to purchase?” Oh, is that a ridiculous proposition to you? Then you … Read more
Barack Obama recently nominated Sonia Sotomayor, who has a vagina and was born to poor Puerto Rican immigrants, to the Supreme Court. The coverage of and conversation about her nomination is full of two thoroughly obnoxious language errors. (One is from her own mouth, so that’s understandable.) Dig: There is no such thing as “reverse … Read more