Author: Eric Scheie

I’ve been reading angry conservative reactions like this to a gaffe by the Romney campaign which appeared to claim that Massachusetts health care would have helped a worker cited by an Obama campaign ad: Defending Romney and combatting the ad, Romney spokesman Andrea Saul . . . let’s go to the quotes “To that point,…

In light of M. Simon’s latest post, it’s probably an unnecessary reminder, but the polls are still open in the Eastern Time Zone and will be for some time in the rest of the country. So, as  a public service announcement, I urge those of you who have primaries and can vote to please VOTE…

I don’t talk about my gardening all that much, but I have mentioned my ongoing squirrel problem. Well, this time the little bastards have gone too far. They have targeted my delicious, beloved tomatoes. Tomatoes are not easy to grow in a yard in the shadow of a large Black Walnut tree, so I have…

Earlier a friend sent me a link which has graphic photos purporting to show children (gasp!) engaging in one of the most evil and perverted acts it is possible for humans to perform. It is so awful that I blush in contemplation of it. That’s because it is the ultimate taboo. The most evil activity…

Clint Eastwood is backing Romney: Eastwood tells The Associated Press that he’s backing Romney because, in Eastwood’s words, “I think the country needs a boost.” Good for him. Eastwood is enough of a non-ideological Republican that he might be able to help win over some independents, without whom Romney (and thus the GOP) will lose.…

Earlier I read about a discrimination complaint filed against Chick-fil-A in Illinois by a gay activist group.  Skeptical that the company would be so stupid as to deliberately discriminate against employees or customers, I was taken aback for a moment to read this characterization of Illinois law: Anthony Martinez, executive director of TCRA, contends that…

Speaking of catching up with the times, I often rely on Glenn Reynolds to clue me in on the latest developments in gadgetry, and today’s link to an Evolution Robotics floor cleaner was no exception. I’d kind of enjoy having a robot clean the floors, and it looks tantalizing, except there is one problem. Coco.…

Much as I hate being inconvenienced, and even though I’ve complained about this before, I am enough of a realist to recognize that my current operating system is doomed, and that I will be forced to use Windows 7. Accordingly, I have been conducting experiments with a smaller (80GB) hard drive. Fortunately, it is possible…

Despite my slow posting lately, the attempt to deny permits to Chick-fil-A because of the opposition of its president (the same as the until-recently long-held of our president) to gay marriage irritated me enough to write a post (actually, two) about it. In my view, any attack on the First Amendment (especially one as blatant…

Not till the end, though. The cold cold end! cold starts work that way WTF. Might as well publish this old drunken throwaway post to honor (?) a certain recently deceased. (I hated the guy’s politics, but thoroughly enjoyed some of his writing.) Whether dead atheists can come is up to whom?

I was a bit startled earlier by a quaint, nostalgic sentiment quoted by M. Simon: All who follow a code of ethics or principles are self-governors. Our system is meant to protect the self-governors from those without ethics and principles, perpetrators of fraud, rape and violence. The state does not run the affairs of people…

Quite innocently, I went to Memeorandum earlier and clicked on the top link, which is headlined Book bombshell: Obama canceled Bin Laden ‘kill’ raid three times at Jarrett’s urging Just wanted to read it, OK? The link was supposed to go to the Daily Caller, of which I’m a regular reader. Instead of being directed…

Considering its reputation, most Americans do not think of the San Francisco Bay Area as a particularly prudish place. At least, not where it comes to public human displays of sexuality. Well, if this story is any indicator, prudishness is very much alive and well in the area, at least where it comes to outdoor…

I’d like to know why there has been so little media inquiry into what medications the Colorado shooting suspect was on. Now that it has finally made it into the news that he was in fact seeing a psychiatrist, there is still no news about what meds he was taking, and what they might have…

I just finished watching the opening of the Olympics. It was a crassly political musical extravaganza, dominated by leftist memes (“multicultural crap” according to British critics), such as the portrayal of life in rural England as idyllic and the Industrial Revolution as invasive and barbaric. I guess the authors never heard of feudalism. Coming up…

A regular commenter said something yesterday that I can’t quite put out of my mind: …when one of the co-bloggers (Gabriel Malor) posted a piece this morning condemning Boston and Chicago for their blatant flouting of the 1st Amendment, yet also noting that he personally did not patronize Chick-fil-A because of the owner’s views, the…

Various media stories are ridiculing Mitt Romney for saying that Colorado shooter James Holmes illegally acquired weapons: Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Wednesday said many of the weapons obtained by the shooting suspect in Colorado were obtained illegally and that changing laws won’t prevent gun-related tragedies. Holmes broke no laws when he purchased an…

As most longtime readers know, I have an aversion to anti-gay bigotry, and I think its stubborn and lingering presence in the Republican Party poses a difficult problem. However, anti-gay bigotry is alive and well among liberals in the Democratic Party, despite their pretense of being against it. A perfect example is illustrated by Chicago…

Speaking of idiotic remarks about the Colorado theater shooting, I certainly did not mean to imply in my last depressing post that they are limited to conservatives even though I was quite irritated by one. Most of the nonsensical scolding has been coming from the left. Here’s famed director Peter Bogdanovitch, blaming guns, movies and…

From time to time I get fed up with opinions — even my own. I just don’t want to hear them, and I often wish I didn’t have them. Is there such a thing as being overdosed on opinion? Maybe if I write this blog post, it will help me find out. Earlier I made…