Regular readers will recall my surprise at the Scalia/Thomas split on COPA. Apparently they don’t disagree as infrequently as I had supposed, and this analysis makes an argument that it’s due to genuine differences in judicial philosophy and reasoning. And since the philosophy attributed to Thomas requires an absence of critical thinking, I find the argument persuasive.
Eleven and a half years later, TNR seems to have removed that article. Here is the Wayback Machine’s version.

Well, not really, but it’s a snappy headline. Actually, a Slate columnist says why he switched to Firefox. I’m using Firefox right now, and I like it a lot. If I could get it to auto-complete in the URL bar, I’d like it even more.

Digital certificates to be made available free. Who will be willing to accept them is another question entirely.

Perhaps after seeing Eternal Egypt in BC, one’s appetite would be whetted for more at The British Museum (which I hadn’t previously noticed is the home of the Eternal Egypt artifacts).

Clarence Thomas, a swing vote? I have to go lie down now.

I now have a gmail account, and have been given one invitation to issue. To preserve domestic harmony, I issued it to the other person living at my house, but I’m hopeful I will get more soon. If you want one, and I know you, drop me a line and I’ll queue you up in some arbitrary order. Ah, the power.

They’re not closing up shop or anything, but AT&T’s announcement that they’re no longer going to compete for customers in seven states (including Washington) is also an announcement that you can get local and/or long distance cheaper elsewhere, usually from the folks who own the wire running to your house.

While I love getting traffic, I don’t think I want the kind of traffic we’d get if I were to name the product, its best-known male counterpart, or the conditions they respectively treat. I must, nevertheless, link to this press release announcing the completion of Phase II trials for a promising product, just because of this phrase: "The primary data (frequency of satisfying sexual events)".

I try to avoid linking to New York Times articles, because I disapprove of compulsory bullshit "registration", but I found this article about the pitfalls of happiness too apt and interesting to skip. Turns out being happy makes people assholes.

Every so often, something from The Grauniad will hit Blogdex, and many times (as in this case), it’s something by Python Alumnus Terry Jones. Since he’s a bright, funny guy, they’re entertaining and insightful, though he’s clearly put out by the present unpleasantness.