Bookworm on Dec 24 2012 | Filed under: African-Americans, Crime and punishment, Second Amendment
Tweet Thomas Hobbs, who was born into the waning years of the 16th Century and lived three-quarters of the way through the 17th Century, in his great work, Leviathan, characterized man’s life as “solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.” He was not an optimist. Hobbs may have been a pessimist, but he was also quite [...]
Bookworm on Jan 18 2012 | Filed under: Uplifting stories
Tweet I don’t know if I’ve mentioned this here before, but my dog is perfect. Her perfection isn’t always obvious to the uninitiated. Those who don’t know what’s really important might think that, because she’s a mutt, she’s a little goofy looking. They may feel that her habit of slipping on the kitchen floor and [...]
Bookworm on Nov 10 2011 | Filed under: Herman Cain, Open Threads
Tweet For those of you who have things you want to say about the goings-on at Penn State (the sexual abuse, the cover-up, the firings, and the riots), have at it. My take is that it’s worth contrasting this appalling sexual abuse with the claims against Cain. I know that a greater wrong doesn’t cancel [...]
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