Archive for the 'Politics' Category

On the subject of departing the U.S.

Wednesday, November 3rd, 2004

Since a lot of my Internet-linked friends and acquaintances are either liberals, libertarians, or leftists I have heard a lot lately about leaving the U.S. because of disgust with or fear of the current government and their policies.
Let’s talk sense about this.

You can’t just “move to Canada” or Sweden or France or the U.K. […]

Exhuming Manzanar

Saturday, August 7th, 2004

Metafilter led me to the website of the dreadful Michelle Malkin who argues that the illegal internment of Japanese-American citizens during the Second World War was justified. She does this partly by muddying the waters between Japanese citizens and American citizens of Japanese descent, and by a general appear to fear and hatred of Arabs […]

Things that Senior Managers Believe

Thursday, July 10th, 2003

These are canonical beliefs of executive types, which are not to be questioned, and which define their attitudes and behavior. Anyone with a title of Director or above in a company, and many business owners, subscribe to this dogma.

I am a member of a privileged caste. This status is permanent, and results from my having […]

Are too.

Saturday, June 14th, 2003

Sometimes I’ll hear someone, either a friend or just someone in earshot, talking along about political and social issues, say this:
“I’m not one of those feminists.” Or, “I can’t stand those feminists.”
If queried on this, I’ll hear something like “I wouldn’t put myself in that category” or “I’m just not like that, I couldn’t be […]