Monthly Archives: January 2008

A Sneer, a Tear, a Comeback

Posted on January 14, 2008 by Luke Ford

Charles Krauthammer writes: …This "Hillary cried, Obama died" story line is satisfying, but it overlooks an earlier moment played to a national television audience of 9 million that was even more revealing. It showed a side of Barack Obama not … Continue reading →

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Apple to unveil new products at giant Macworld event

Posted on January 14, 2008 by Luke Ford

Newsweek reports: Rip DVDs onto iTunes The Financial Times is reporting that Apple is also hammering out a deal to license its FairPlay digital rights management scheme to Fox so users would be able to rip Fox DVDs onto iTunes a … Continue reading →

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Pierced

Posted on January 13, 2008 by Luke Ford

So I get an email Sunday night about "rabbinic corruption and hypocrisy." Cool! I think. That’s groovy. The rabbis caught me lying and deceiving. Maybe I’ll catch them doing something wicked and then I won’t feel so bad about myself. … Continue reading →

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Your Moral Leader Exposed

Posted on January 13, 2008 by Luke Ford

Here’s my weekend wrap-up video.

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In the Windy City, prostitutes sleep with police more often than get arrested by them

Posted on January 13, 2008 by Luke Ford

Carolyn O’Hara writes: Another dispatch on the Freakonomics effect: University of Chicago economist Steven Levitt (Mr. Freakonomics himself) and his collaborator Sudhir Venkatesh, a Columbia University sociologist who previously worked with Levitt to measure the average wages of street-level drug … Continue reading →

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