So yesterday I’m playing Skyrim — a reward after having pull an all-nighter at work and completing a huge task, and a sedative before catching up on sleep — and I’m on one of the ice-covered islands north of Winterhold looking for a barrow to… Continue Reading
Sometimes, I have a bit of Ostrich Syndrome. Especially when it comes to my teeth and general health. A problem isn’t real until I know about it. It’s irrational. It’s counterproductive. But it’s there. The last time I went to… Continue Reading
Red Line and Blue Line are basically two ways of looking at the same phenomenon. Guess either one and you win. The values are in dollar amounts, though not necessarily in $1 increments ($16 could be $16,000, $16,000,000, or $16,000,000,000).
Many years ago, I was a party to my first pregnancy scare with then-girlfriend Julianne. It was a life-altering event. It came up negative, but there was a certain “realness” to it all that gave me great pause when it… Continue Reading
A young woman from the PRC named Wu Minxia was one of two teammates to win the gold medal in synchronized diving at the 2012 Olympics yesterday. Her well-earned celebration was spoiled, though…
James Joyner points to a chart showing the increasing disconnect between employee productivity and employee compensation and asks what happened in 1972, when the different trajectories were set. The leading candidates are automation and trade. That makes sense, at least… Continue Reading
Jack Balkin writes about the not-so-happy anniversary of the Debt Ceiling Crisis: In the past, some politicians (including then-Senator Barack Obama) have voted against debt-ceiling increases for reasons of symbolism or protest, but not in situations where there was any… Continue Reading