In addition to Halloween, October 31st also marks the celebration of Reformation Day. It was on this day in 1517 that Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses to the door of the castle church in Wittenberg, Germany to protest the aggressive sale of indulgences, the granting of merit from the church to the...

“Before Election Day has even arrived, Republicans in one New York state Senate district have started challenging the right of some registered voters to cast ballots.” No, that’s not a press release from the Democratic National Committee. That’s the lead paragraph of an AP story...

LogMeIn is not a new service, but it is one that I recently discovered. By installing a free program on one or more networked PCs and creating a free account on the LogMeIn web site, you can then control those computers from any computer in the world with web acess. You can open any file and run any...

Forget the megatron, the bouncing ball, and the praise band. A number of Episcopal churches have started a “U2Charist” in the place of the existing Rites of Holy Eucharist. While the substantive message of the program (stemming violence against children, hunger, AIDS) is one we should all...

I don’t claim to be any kind of costume-whiz, but I’ve seen enough of them to recognize when the celebrant lacks either time or creativity. If you dressed as any of the following, you failed to be impressive this Halloween: Any kind of musical subculture (hippie, punk, grunge, disco, etc.) Pirate Hillbilly/Redneck/Biker Nerd Old...

Now that baseball season is over, those of you who are fans of tedious procedure with intermittent action might want to consider starting up a new fantasy league at . . . Fantasy Congress. This website allows you to pick a team of Congressman every weekend, who earn points by pushing legislation through...

Ever since White House Press Secretary Tony Snow announced last week that the President would no longer be using his stock phrase, “stay the course,” to describe U.S. strategy in Iraq, pundits have been wondering how the rhetoric about the war would change. Here we have an excerpt from a...

Sen. Allen’s attacks on the novels written by his challenger, Jim Webb, are drawing fire from John Cole and Radley Balko, among others. More surprising, even the folks at the Corner are calling the tactic absurd and embarrassing. I think their anger is misdirected; if the attacks work, their antipathy...

Sometimes, the ACLU comes off like the guy at homeowners’ association meetings who is obsessed with the maximum allowed hedge height. He’s convinced that the neighborhood will go to hell in a handbasket if people grow their hedges 4 feet tall instead of 3 feet. Such is the case now that...

My latest column for the Howey Political Report is available. I’ve reposted it below as well.