Jane Haddam

FWIW, Cathy Young is one of my favorite columnists. http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/05/28/feminists_vs_facebook_118574.html

So I’ve been sitting around thinking about that discussion of the  last couple of days–it ended with a “I’m comfortable knowing you’re wrong,” the Internet equivalent of a pout– Anyway, I’ve been thinking about it, and it’s brought me back to the one thing I find most astonishing about the present state of American (and…

Yeah, yeah. I know. Three entries on a minor incident, and I just can’t stop. But yesterday I ended up in an internet discussion with one of the wo men protesting Ron Lindsay’s speech–and a woman whose behavior proves that Lindsay’s fears for what the conference was likely to produce were entirely justified. I think…

I’m going to start t his post with a warning. In this post, I am going to be writing about a mystery  novel.  It’s an old mystery  novel.  It’s considered a classic.  Most of you have probably already read it if you’re ever going to read it at all. But I’m going to be writing about…

Okay.  So I’ve been thinking about it. First, I think that what Cathy wants is not North Korea, but Sweden. And granted, I don’t find Sweden any more attractive than I find North Korea on the points that really matter to me.  Soft totalitarianism is no more attractive to me than the hard kind.  The…

First, I’d like to present you with a link, here http://www.centerforinquiry.net/blogs/entry/my_talk_at_wis2/ to the set of remarks that occasioned all the fuss. What you are looking at is the opening statement given by Ron Lindsay, CEO of the Centers for Inquiry, at the recently concluded Women in Secularism 2 conference. The conference was held to address…

I’ve always wanted to use that word… Never mind. As I’ve mentioned before on this blog, I read a lot of magazines, from all over the political spectrum.  Yesterday, I read the latest issue of the Weekly Standard, which is a conservative magazine started by, I think, William Kristol. As conservative magazines go, it tends…

Every once in a while I find myself with something to write about, but no real way to work myself into it. What started me off this morning was a report about an appearance made by Chris Murphy–the junior senator from my very own state–on Rachel Maddow’s MSNBC show. Now, a couple of things I…

I have absolutely no way of knowing how this blog post is going to work.  The computer is behaving oddly.  The Internet connection is behaving oddly.  The morning has been chaotic. On top of that, I meant to post this yesterday. We are, however, at the end of the term.  Virtually every person I talk…

Before I start here, I have one of those apologies I have to make because I don’t treat this blog as a professional responsibility. It’s been many years since I’ve read Plato’s Euthryphro.  The last time I looked at it was when my younger son was reading it, and that had to be back in…