Memo to David Brooks: Correlation Does NOT Equal Causation

David Brooks has a hilariously incoherent column in today’s Knee Jerk Times New York Times called The Limits of Policy, in which he comes very close to suggesting that ethnicity is destiny. First Brooks presents unsourced data about a comparison between Swedes living in Sweden and and Americans of Swedish ancestry that supposedly demonstrates that [...]

Monday Morning News and Views

Good Morning Conflucians!!! I woke up to a bit of good news: the cracked pipe that caused our water emergency has been repaired and testing of water is underway. Overnight, crews were able to successfully weld the 10 foot pipe back together with a new metal ring. On Saturday, a seem [sic] in the structure [...]

Aliens? Time Travel? Skipping Generations?

Scientist Stephen Hawking has made a new documentary for the Discovery Channel in which he confesses that, in order to speak frankly about his notions about the future, he had to overcome his fears of “being labeled a crank.” Thrusting off his heretical shackles, he reportedly suggested that spaceships will one day be so fast [...]

Sunday News Roundup

Good Morning Conflucians!!! What a week. From the lamest of car bomb attempts in NY to oil leaking toward NOLA to tornados seemingly everywhere else, all while Washington elite have fun and party with their new found power and nearly unlimited riches. It’s definitely one of those weeks where you’d rather just stay in bed. [...]

Greatest Invention Evah!: Late Night Open Thread

A testimonial on their website says it all: “It must be working because I have not woken myself up since I started using it!” You’ll never have to worry about having one of these moments again! I don’t know about you, but I’ve had my fill of bad news this week.  I think it’s time [...]

The Manchurian President? Once again, Obama is neither a communist nor a socialist!

This is too much. A new book by Aaron Klein, of World Net Daily, tries to make the case that President Obama is a creation of radical communists and socialists who mentored him, built his political career, and now control his policies. The book is entitled The Manchurian President: Barack Obama’s Ties to Communists, Socialists [...]

Who kidnapped Chuckles the Clown?

Paul Krugman heroically battles an army of strawmen: The Oil Spill Is Obama’s Fault No, I haven’t lost my mind — that’s not what I believe. But you know that’s what the talk-show hosts will be saying soon, if they haven’t already started. The only question is what the story will be. Will it be [...]

Saturday Morning News and Views: May Day Edition

Happy May Day, Conflucians!! It’s the feast of Beltane. In Edinburgh, 12,000 people gathered for the Beltane Fire Festival spring rituals. Here is a little information on the pagan holiday: By Celtic reckoning, the actual Beltane celebration begins on sundown of the preceding day, April 30, because the Celts always figured their days from sundown [...]

Jury says “prank” was a felony

From the Knoxville News-Sentinal: A federal jury this afternoon convicted Sarah Palin e-mail intruder David C. Kernell of felony destruction of records to hamper a federal investigation and misdemeanor unlawfully obtaining information from a protected computer. The jury acquitted Kernell, 22, of felony wire fraud. U.S. District Judge Thomas W. Phillips declared a mistrial on [...]