Daily Archives: 17 March 2007
Not a Holiday
Well, well – it’s St. Patrick’s Day again. I’ve never understood how or why an ethnic holiday managed to become a national party day. Nothing in particular against the Irish, it’s just that…well, I don’t celebrate Chinese New Year, Cinco de Mayo, Kim Il Sung’s Birthday, or whatever the Mongolian and Nigerian equivalents are – so why St. Patrick’s Day? In fact, I won’t celebrate it. Happy Completely Ordinary Saturday, folks! I’m off to the office to do some programming. Of course, if I were going to celebrate it, I think a good way to do so might be to
Way to Miss the Point
Here is a nice illustration of the difference between conservatives and libertarians. It’s a satirical column by Mike Adams – criminology professor at UNC-Wilmington and professional right-wing gadfly – poking fun at Kent State’s (presumably hypocritical) refusal to strip a certain Prof. Julio Pino of his tenure after it’s come to light that he authors a pro-terrorist Islamic extremist website. Of course, Pino denies this charge despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary. I really liked this earlier Adams column, which points out that this makes Pino a pussy. And, in general, Adams is a good read on the left wing
