[This was posted last week on Hit Coffee. I meant to cross-post it here, but forgot to.] So I was listening to this John Grisham audiobook. It was very much unlike any other Grisham book I have ever read/heard before.… Continue Reading
In this post, liberal does not mean “of the contemporary American left” and conservative does not mean “of the contemporary American right” though there is at least some overlap (in other cases, they are in opposition). I was born, I… Continue Reading
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
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
While Ethan tackles the weightier questions of the trilogy, I’ll look at the geekier ones. All in all, this comic geek can’t complain all that much. This trilogy turned out to be a departure from the Batman tradition in many… Continue Reading
We begin with an amusingly bland description from the intentionally-bland wikipedia: “Pussy Riot is a Russian feminist punk-rock collective that stages politically provocative impromptu performances in Moscow, on subjects such as the status of women in Russia, and most recently against… Continue Reading