Here's an angle on the TSA's new full-body imaging that I wish I'd thought of: Wouldn't a full-body image of someone under the age of 18 be child pornography as a matter of law? Maybe. … [Read more...] about The TSA as Child Porn Ring
2009 in Review
I like to end each year with a review of some of the things I've been posting about. I don't know if any of you care, but it's always interesting to me to see where I've been. This year I expected the pickings to be pretty slim because of all the turmoil surrounding and following my parents' passing, but it turns out I wrote quite a bit. In fact, here at Windypundit, 2009 was … [Read more...] about 2009 in Review
Things I Learned In the Aughts
I've decided to steal an idea from Gideon and write a quick list of things I learned in the last decade: I learned to ignore people who say the decade/century/millenium has one more year to go because there was no year zero. I learned that terrorism in the United States is a more real threat than I thought it was. I learned that just because the people opposing the president … [Read more...] about Things I Learned In the Aughts
We’ve Always Been Here
Back in 2007, author Mark Helprin wrote a New York Times op-ed in which he bemoaned the lack of a permanent copyright. I responded to it, as did rather a lot of other people. In my response, I called part of his argument "pure nonsense, bordering on outright lies." Apparently, many other people used far harsher language, because Helprin later wrote a book (Digital Barbarism: A … [Read more...] about We’ve Always Been Here
Avatar – A Review, or Maybe a Metareview
I saw Avatar yesterday, and it was a pretty darned good movie. If you think you might like this kind of thing, just go see it. As with James Cameron's earlier film Titanic, the star of this film is the magnificent setting and the way it is presented. The lush world of Pandora is beautiful, the CGI that creates the aliens is every bit as good as everyone else says, and the 3D … [Read more...] about Avatar – A Review, or Maybe a Metareview