Reasonable Wrongness

Somewhat like a fire alarm going off in the smouldering remains of a fire, the Supreme Court’s decision in Heien v. North Carolina, upholding a search incident to a broken tail-light, has set off a flurry of public criticism.   [ continue reading ]  ....

The Tedium of a Country

Of Rome they said "she laughs and dies."   Of Murka they will say "she annoys and bores."  

Noah's Ark and Dogs in Heaven

A certain amount of news has been stirred up by the remarks of Pope Francis, made during a general audience, that  “paradise is open to all of God’s creatures”  '.....   [continue reading]

Mistaking Trees for Forests

We have watched, with a certain degree of schadenfreude, the rise of the National Front in France.   We have never shared Americans’ ill-informed fetish over fascism and we were pleased to see Marine Le Pen giving the European Establishment a discomforting run for its money.   [ continue reading ]

Getting a Grip on Torture

The former head of the CIA has volunteered some probing thoughts on torture.   [ read ]

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Credit and Shrugs Where Due

We Chipsters are glad that the Senate has finally released its “Torture Report” and, much as we are loathe to, we applaud Senator Feinstein  for shepherding the report from darkness into light.   Given the political realities of Washington D.C., that was no easy task.
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A Failure of Guardianship

The police beatings and killings which have ostentatiously thrust themselves into national consciousness demonstrate all too well that there is something rotten in America.  But the rot is not racism.   The rot is judicial.   [continue reading]

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Payback for Payback

It was reported last week that OPEC decided not to increase oil production thereby insuring that gasoline prices will continue to remain low or lower.   [ continue reading ]

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A Fat Man's Game

Several years ago, an erstwhile friend announced that he was going to practice gratitude by finding at least one thing a day to be thankful for.  I was instantly appalled.   ...   [ continue digesting ]

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What Ever Happened to the Elisor

Anyone who expected the Ferguson grand jury to return an indictment is living in a Jeffersonian fantasy world.    [ continue reading ]

Armistice Day

Chipsters republish what we have remarked before

In Remembrance of Armistice Day

External Locus of Danger -- Dipsomania as Policy

We Chipsters have never liked “Winnie” Churchill.  Not that it matters but we have always considered him to be nothing but a belligerent drunk; .....   [continue reading]

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