Featured Articles
What Does Feinstein Believe?In her questioning of John Roberts to be Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Diane Feinstein used the phrase the hard-earned autonomy of women and approvingly cited Planned Parenthood vs. Casey in saying woman should have the ability to control...Jeremy Funked up again
Jeremy Funk, one of the Hildebrand Boy bloggers, has a habit of bashing John Thune through false connections with other persons. First he participated in the ridiculous accusation that there was some kind of connection between Jeff Gannon and John...Big government: solution or problem
I say problem, and so does Doug Powers:Since Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf coast, federal government programs gained an unlikely critic: Democrat politicians. Some Republicans are also joining in, but Democrats criticizing the federal machine is the shocking political equivalent...Oliphant's slander
Tom Oliphant writes in the Boston Globe:Roberts will have no trouble passing the litmus test. But his passing of it will mask the long record of his fealty to the true purpose of conservatism in civil rights for well over...Dred Roberts The Pirate
E. J. Dionne is at it again. Having bad mouthed American democracy because it might result in a conservative Supreme Court, he now decides that the Senate and the American people have a right to know the future. Sen. Lindsey...Jumpers vs. Drowners
Methinks that Instapundit is right on the money: THE PRESS WANTS TO SHOW BODIES from Katrina. It didn't want to show bodies, or jumpers, on 9/11, for fear that doing so would inflame the public. I can only conclude that...Batter Up!
John Roberts made an analogy between Judges and Umpires that I have frequently used in my constitutional law class to explain the difference between judicial activism and judicial restraint. Jim Lindgren at the Volokh Conspiracy has this shrewd comment:Roberts' comparison...Tomorrow is Coming - Later Today!
Hey, Maybe the Singularity Really Is Near
A very interesting article from Glenn Reynolds stepping outside of his "evil" incarnation as the Instapundit, in which he points out some very strange sounding science and technology at the bleeding edge of the art.
Ray Kurzweil's book, The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology comes out next week. And I suspect that a lot of people wonder if things will really happen as fast as Kurzweil suggests.But as I look at the news reports, I see quite a few signs that we're living in a future that not long ago would have looked science fictional. Take, for example, this report: Miracle Mouse Can Grow Back Limbs.It's so far out, that the Chief read it in new sci-fi just a few years ago. In spite of the cautious optimism implicit in all of this stuff, there's also a sobering warning:
Meanwhile, here's an interview with Ray Kurzweil that I published elsewhere. Kurzweil is an optimist, but even he worries that the Singularity may come as a result of Chinese, not American, efforts, and he's got some disturbing numbers. The future is almost here, but we've still got some choices about how things will turn out. Let's try to choose wisely.Indeed!
A Message from tdaxp
Send feedback to danhabbott@gmail.com
What's New with the Blogs
Louisiana?s Democrat congressmanSchroeder Out
Your Democrat Has Failed? Well, Call Him a Republican
PJ Editorial Board Profile: Michael Barone
Uncharted Territory, Once Again
PROUD MARY KEEPS ON BURNIN'
South Dakota Blogs
God and the U.S. Coast GuardMore On Umpires
Dahlia Lithwick Metaphor Watch
A tale of two nominations.
Mayor Daley: Big Brother Gov't in Chicago? "No!"
Roberts v. Schumer
How We Remember
Bread and Circuses
Back to the Moon!
Americans Love Their Conspiracies
Nebraska: The Good Life
Ok, Now I'm worried
Blogosphere Rules!
Just A Coincidence
What's that one about WMD's again?
9/11 Anniversary Not Marked At Casa McClaren
Harriet
Thoughts on John Roberts Hearings
American Blogs
Israel Will Not Stand for HamasCycle of Violence: A Century Over Two Days
Al Qaeda's Mosul Leaders Captured
What To Cut
The Flight 17 Incident, Topic 2
WHO IS MAHMOUD MAAWAD?
Muslims Enraged, Seething at Tasty Dessert
DIY BUDGET-CUTTING
Pro-Freedom, Anti-Terror
MisunderestimatedKaplan?s Blueprint for Action
Shorter book tour this time
Ousted Hyundai Asan vice chairman Kim Yoon-Kyu is ...
ARMY, MARINE CORPS SEEN AS EARLY WINNERS IN QUADRENNIAL REVIEW
Germany Loses
LiNK Protest Pics
I did not know that sea lions could sink boats.
South Dakota Blog Alliance
RadioActive Chief, Ryen McClaren, Sibby Online, South Dakota Politics, Straight Talk
tdaxp Blog Network
Jim River Report, tdaxp, Bloglines, Cobuyitaphobia, Junk Politics
Breaking News
Bringing Bill back to the White House?Oil's impact flows through everything
Disaster Relief Chief Calls Return Plan 'Problematic'
House GOPers Add Up Katrina Expenses
Hurricane Watch for Real Estate
South Dakota Mainstream Media
Sheriff: Intruder killed womanBush rules out raising taxes to pay for rebuilding effort
Helping the Red Cross help victims
Anna?s topic: It?s the ?A? word
Ipswich native back home after 'hairy, scary days'
Power to the people?
Storm sewer fee OK'd
Gas prices prompt interest in scooters
American Mainstream Media
Rice: U.N. Must Launch 'Revolution of Reform'Memo: Let's Get Ready to Run
Iraqi Parliament Member Assassinated
North Korea Calls For Engagement, Not Isolation
Vatican: Pope John Paul's Last Words in Polish
Transcript: President Bush's Weekly Radio Address
Merkel, Schroeder Compete for Germans' Votes
Democrats' Radio Response
British Mainstream Media
Charity Run Deaths Blamed On WeatherGermany Government Divided Over Result
Terrorists May Recruit At Universities
Billions In Defence Cash Stolen From Iraq
Everyone Else
ACLU intervenes at high schoolSouth Dakota?s Best Pizza?
Give ?em Hell, Jerry!
Blank Post
Jim River Report Archives
Browse archives for...This page is permalinked
How Popular is the Jim River Report?