A Time to Be Born, a Time to Die
2014-01-28 – Pete Seeger came into my life through many back doors. His works were memes before the word “meme” was coined. I’m not big on pop culture, so when […]
Tag Archives: Politics
The Rights of Certain Individuals
2014-01-23 – I hate to admit it: George Will had a good point in his column today in the Washington Post entitled “Judicial activism isn’t a bad thing.” I rarely […]
Snowden, Assange, and Privacy
2014-01-21 – People who are on the front line in the ongoing struggle for the right of privacy are seldom model citizens. Think about criminal defendants who appeal their convictions […]
My Brother’s Keeper
2014-01-12 – A favorite idea, at least in the popular press, is that kin selection tends to make us cooperate more with close family members and compete more with […]
Free Content
2013-12-22 – We’ve all heard the lament that the Internet has fragmented the body politic by letting people choose their sources of information. Liberals read liberal sources, conservatives read […]
Corporate Right of Habeas Corpus
2013-12-10 – EightOh9 has been informed that the Corporate Rights Project has filed a petition on behalf of the corporation Citizens United for a writ of habeas corpus in the […]
GOP Memorial to Morgan Freeman
2013-12-08 – The Republican National Committee today tweeted its condolences to the President of South Africa over the tragic death of Morgan Freeman: Condolences @SAPresident. #MorganFreeman will be missed. From Shawshank Prison to […]
Space In Front of Your Car
2013-12-05 – Who owns that space in front of your car? No one when the car is stopped. In fact, the space often goes away. But turn on the car […]
Tit for Tat in Iran
2013-11-27 – Israel doesn’t like that the United States is dealing with Iran. This, of course, make Iran enjoy dealing with the United States all the more. Pissing off Bibi […]
Red Friday
2013-11-24 – I always thought I had a pretty good sense of color. I score pretty high on a variety of color blindness tests. High, meaning that I can discriminate […]
Eightoh9 