The Rhetorist

One of the more dangerous road hazards out there today is the driver who always stops at a YIELD sign. This is dangerous because other drivers are expecting conscientious drivers to yield at a yield sign, not stop, so it suddenly adds an ‘unexpected’ variable to the defensive driver’s already  [ Read More ]

UC Davis Assistant Professor Nathan Brown has demanded the immediate resignation of Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi following an incident where police pepper sprayed peaceful student protesters who are lined up and seated on the ground. In an open letter to Katehi, Brown claims to have seen police hold the mouths  [ Read More ]

Add pepper-sprayed 84-year-old Dorli Rainey of Seattle to the list of Americans attacked at peaceful Occupy Movement protests across the United States. All thanks can go to the reported 40-city police/mayoral consortium [UPDATED] that decided, along with reports that the FBI and Homeland Security helped the orchestration, on Tuesday’s raids  [ Read More ]

“Free speech does not include the right to interfere with the expressions and ideas with which you disagree.” Then why are you escorting people expressing their ideas out of the building? Hypocrisy is an ugly thing, sir, so please think before you speak. forrestrt1 11 hours ago 99 Likes –  [ Read More ]

The last thing anyone was expecting this morning was a perfect beach day, but there it was! Temperatures in the low 70s, very light, warm breeze, if any, clear blue skies. This may be the closeout to Indian Summer but a local told me these days appear on their own  [ Read More ]