National School Walkout Day, 19 years after Columbine( 9 )
19 years after Columbine, not much has changed. As kids across the country leave class to protest school violence in National Walkout Day, let us reflect on how we got here.
By a thousand cuts.
Another example of why we need to resist the siren call of “free healthcare.”
Linkworld: War & Please
This Week: Immigration, War, Planet, and More!
Weekend!
Cramps.
Return of the Rudy
Well, look who’s back. Former NYC Mayor and long-time Trump supporter Rudy Giuliani has joined President Trumps legal team. Additionally, Jane Serene Raskin and Marty Raskin is also joining the Trump legal team.
Morning Ed: Children {2018.04.19.Th}
Children and the desired absence thereof.
Barbara Bush, Randa Jarrar, and the Outrage of Free Speech
Almost immediately, a fresh front was opened in the perpetual war between free speech and outrage.
1 Dead in Southwest Emergency Landing
It could have, probably should have been, much worse. With one fatality reported due to cabin depressurization, total disaster was averted by the actions of the crew during the Southwest emergency landing
Wednesday!
How To Make Breakfast In Bed
Morning Ed: Entertainment {2018.04.18.W}
Police squad!
Tax Day 2018: Taxation Is or Isn’t Theft?
Tax Day 2018 always brings out the cries of “Taxation is Theft!” from many, especially our friends in the libertarian contingent. But is it, and where are the lines between taxation is theft, taxation with representation, and oppressive forced funding of tyrannical government?
Tuesday S&T IV
It’s NASA’s world, we’re just living in it.
Morning Ed: Media {2018.04.17.T}
Deplorable.
Morning Ed: Health {2018.04.16.T}
Price controls?
Sunday!
Horror Movies and Brain Hacking
Morning Ed: Politics {2018.04.15.Su}
The Dutch king is a poo-poo face.
Air Strikes In Syria
Resumption of involvement in existing hostilities.
Environment: Individualism vs Collectivism
Is individualism better for the environment than collectivism?
Saturday!
Skyrim VR
Linky Friday: Friday the Workteenth
This week: Learning, Hiring, Working, Dating, and Praying!
Weekend!
How would you sneak a message to a person in a prison that they themselves didn’t know was a prison?
The Ballad of the Outlaw
Some things you can’t let slide.
We now have corporate sponsorship.
Information security and privacy vulnerabilities should concern all of us.
Morning Ed: Law & Order {2018.04.12.Th}
Next up: Knife control.
The Eras of Good Feelings and Their Inevitable End
Chris Morgan asked… where do we go from here? Living in the Cold War era, it was commonplace to set aside some time of the day to consider, even actively prepare for, the possibility of being nuked. “God may have willed the destruction of the planet in an atomic Gotterdämmerung,” Willmoore Kendall wrote, “but we…
Fate of Facebook
I can’t blame those who are tempted to leave Facebook if not all of social media. Life would be better without it. Or, maybe not.
Morning Ed: Energy & Environment
Competing concerns, as always.
Skipping Class Is Skipping Class
Of course kids who skip class to protest should be punished.
Tech Tuesday 4/9/18 – Oscar is On Travel Edition
Live from Phoenix, AZ!
Morning Ed: Sports {2018.04.09.M}
Sports!
Sunday!
WrestleMania. The Prediction Thread.
Saturday!
AI and gaming… like, D&D rather than Go.
Reader Poll: Election 2016
Who did you like in 2016?
On Expertise and Advocacy
An anecdote about decision making in the information age.
Morning Ed: Media {2018.04.06.F}
The media is/are dumb.
Weekend!
Our traditional end-of-Lent buffet went reservations-only without telling us first.
Briefly, On Policing The Rhetoric Of Teenagers
A Republican has finally identified the real problem with gun violence: insufficiently respectful teenagers.
