Aside from being able to perform tasks pantsless, the best thing about working at home is that you don’t have to drive anywhere. I hate driving. If it weren’t for the amount of time I spend on the road, I would very likely be one of those sedate Pete Seeger-type bearded individuals who always seem […]
We’ve got to do something about these people that are afraid that federal hate crime legislation will somehow curb everyone’s rights.
One of the biggest proponents of this idea is syndicated columnist Charley Reese, a Pat Buchanan cheerleader who writes a weekly column for King Features Syndicate. Reese has done a pretty good job of encapsulating […]
If This Is Not News, what is it? (I will answer that, but it’ll take a while.) And why is its first cover story an article about philosophy? (I can answer that one now.)
Because, in a very real way, This Is Not News is all about philosophy. (That’s right, even the comics section.) Not the […]
Note to anyone who may be near a college campus anytime soon, chances are that you’ll see at least one representative from a credit card company at some point. He or she will be armed will be easy to spot: armed to the gills with CD wallets, pens, T-shirts, whatever might be remotely interesting to […]
There seems to be little disagreement in America that urban public schools are in trouble. Test scores are dropping, students are dropping out, and a general sense of hopelessness seems to be pervading the system. You won’t find a candidate for public office who isn’t decrying the state of the schools, and saying that by […]