Author: david

As far back as Blade Runner it was already well established that the fastest way to cross a room was by a sequence of rapidly repeated back flips. Bit it was only in the Matrix films we learned that bullets cannot harm you as long as you are engaged in tumbling exercises of any kind.

“…the Americans, who have already expressed their frustration with the Sunnis, have recently become irritated with what they regard as the stubbornness of the Shiites as well.” NYT, 8/26/05 I can’t understand this criticism. Each of the three Iraqi factions is doing its utmost to emulate the American model. They are Staying the Course and…

I know this isn’t really a usual topic for me, but one thing I find a little bit embarrassing for the professional NBA basketball players is that you can see them out there–just minutes before the game starts–and they’re practicing! I mean, isn’t it a little late for that? They should have thought of it…

Deep in my heart, I do believe, We shall overcome someday. I sang it a hundred times. But, how sure was I really? How hard did I believe? And have we overcome? A lot of us on the left would answer, almost reflexively, “No!” Because there is no cause to be satisfied or complacent about…

Before the invention of the zero, the DEA announced a policy of “Hardly Any Tolerance for Drugs.”

Before the invention of the zero, even when something was free, you still had to pay a penny for it.