Monthly Archive: July 2011

June Thomas at Slate thinks that Dan Savage is behaving like a bully toward Marcus Bachmann.  Bachmann, the husband of right-wing firebrand, Rep. Michele Bachmann, and is a proponent of reparative therapy to “fix”...

Here in California, Governor Brown has just signed a law mandating that the history curriculae of the public schools include coverage of “the contributions of gay, lesbian and transgendered Americans.” Below the fold, I have some thoughts about this...

Leitmotif: I never do anything I don’t want to do. Nor does anyone, but in my case I am always aware of it. — Robert A. Heinlein Marriage: Rob at WakingUpNow defuses one of...

In an excellent piece about the judicious pace the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell repeal is taking, Capt. Adrian Bonenberger writes: The vocal minority asked whether soldiers could be compelled to serve alongside people whose...

Given that Aaron Sorkin successfully predicted the major party candidates in 2008, Rahm Emanuel’s rise to Chief of Staff, the negation of an electoral rival by making them Secretary of State, presidential nicotine habits,...

At Cato Unbound, Dan Gardner and Philip Tetlock observe that expert predictions often miss the mark: In the most comprehensive analysis of expert prediction ever conducted, Philip Tetlock assembled a group of some 280...

It comes from Radley Balko: Even as DNA testing continues to exonerate wrongly convicted people, including people who were nearly executed, it’s this rare case — in which a jury recognized that there was...

In looking at Captain America: The First Avenger on IMDB, I cannot help noticing the sheer number of folks associated with “Hydra” (Hydra soldier, Hydra pilot, Hydra heavy artillery soldier) and the unsheer number...

I actually posted this on my sub-site two days ago, but Rufus suggested today that this would make a good cross-post. And since, like all writers, I will re-use a piece any chance I...

I tend not to buy too much into the whole “the Republicans are just so fiendishly brilliant at playing politics — that’s why the Dems never win (except when they do)!” meme. Maybe it’s...

Well, the last few days have certainly be interesting around here, haven’t they? After Erik’s excellent and widely-commented-on post a couple of days ago, I’ve stewed over Freddie’s article, Erik’s reply and the replies...

Over at my other site, I have put up a review of David Foster Wallace’s The Pale King for any who may be interested.  The review contains some spoilers, but nothing really gets taken away.

On this, Freddie and I are in complete agreement. Consider this an open thread.