Major Reforms in Saudi Arabia
Saudi King Abdullah announced a major shake-up in his government over the weekend. Among the changes was the naming of the first woman to a high government office, Deputy Minister for Girls’ Education....
View ArticleBow? Wow!
The conservative media and blogs have been having a field day parsing the bow that President Obama gave before Saudi King Abdullah in London last week. Some see it as a sign that he is submitting in...
View Article“Look upon My Works, Ye Mighty!”
Shelly’s poem Ozymandias is forced to mind when reading this piece from the Herald-Tribune of Sarasota, Florida. It makes perfect economic sense—cheap, useful cars with good gas mileage—but does it...
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OTB Radio – TONIGHT at 7
The next episode of OTB Radio, our BlogTalkRadio program, will record and air live from 7-8 Eastern Wednesday night as per usual. The special Tueday Night Marvel Team-Up with League of Ordinary...
View ArticleA Delightful Pain on the Ass
Everyone knows that women in Saudi Arabia can’t drive, at least in the cities. I learned today that women riding bicycles is also frowned upon, but as with their driving cars, there’s not actually a...
View ArticleCourt: No Link Between Autism and Vaccines
A federal appeals court has ruled that there’s no link between autism and childhood vaccines. Or, something like that: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has just upheld lower court...
View ArticleWhich Way’s that Wind Blowing?
Even for a Blue Dog Democrat, GA Rep. Jim Marshall’s campaign ad is rather breathtaking… He’d best be hoping that Pelosi doesn’t retain her Speaker’s role.
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Ohio Woman Double Felon For Sending Kids To Good School
Radley Balko calls attention to the sad case of Kelley Williams-Bolar: The Summit County judge who sent an Akron mother to jail after she was convicted of falsifying records so her children could...
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Misleading Chart of the Day
A graph on public debt making the rounds misdirects as much as it clarifies. [Actually, as Daniel Larison correctly points out via Twitter, the chart’s fine; it’s the spin being put on the chart that’s...
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Under the Bus
The Tweet out of the American Embassy in Cairo that seemed to both equate violence and insulting speech has been roiling the political waters — not to mention the whole of the Internets — for the past...
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Sequestration Cynicism
Just when you thought the sequestration process couldn’t get more cynical. POLITICO (“Sequester sparks laid-off workers’ suit“): Defense contractor L-3 Communications faces a class action lawsuit over...
View ArticleJust a Little Pimpin’
I’m going to put in a good word for my son Josh’s new album “Shame of Tones,” a parody compilation based on HBO’s “Game of Thrones.” Even discounting parental bias, I think the collection — done with...
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Federal Judge Rules No-Fly List Unconstitutional
The eleven-year-old policy of denying thousands of people the right to fly has been declared unconstitutional. Reuters (“Federal judge rules U.S. no-fly list violates Constitution“): The U.S....
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Jeb Bush Says He Doesn’t Read New York Times
Jeb Bush, the presumptive frontrunner for the 2016 Republican nomination, claims he doesn’t read America’s most important newspaper. POLITICO (“Jeb Bush: I don’t read The New York Times”): Jeb Bush...
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Taking Sexual Assault Prosecution Away From Military Commanders
As the issue of sexual assault by military servicemen gained attention some years back, calls came to take the authority to prosecute away from commanders. I’ve opposed this policy change, arguing...
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