That opening chyron – “25 Months After The Storm” – puts us firmly in the autumn of 2007, but despite it being two years later, there’s evidence everywhere of the storm. Police still living...
From The Office of US Congressman Maurice “Spence” Spencerton (D-FL) !!!!! — PRESS RELEASE – PLEASE READ— !!!!! For Immediate Release Date: September 24, 2012 To: Members of the Press From:...
She says it better than I could. Though hers is a NSFW version. “No photo. No voto.” Then again, at this point Romney is doing a wonderful job losing this election all on his...
Recently, there was a mini-kerfuffle about my calling out of a particular comment by a particular author. I found the comment to be crass and offensive and the type of thing we often fail...
I have tentatively named the following little concoction created this evening “Bardstown Butter,” though I’m open to other names. All I know is that it’s a lethally delicious, if sweet, combination.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gld0k7r7MaA Starting Sunday, I’ll be posting recaps of David Simon’s Treme. I recognize in advance that this site doesn’t generally go in for this sort of thing – I’ve seen open threads about The...
Canadian shoegazers extraordinaire, Mystery Machine hung up their flangers back in 1999, but they’re back with a new album and touring again. For those of you in Ottawa, they’ll be playing Zaphod Beeblebrox Friday...
Decades after the sexual revolution, many religious conservatives remain fiercely committed to preaching, if not always living, an absolute and absolutist understanding of human sexuality. Mainstream biologists, psychologists and sociologists, building on the science...
Mike Konczal talks property and criminal justice over at Rortybomb. It’s an excellent post. You really do need to read it. And I’m sure plenty of people here at the League will have something...
Dear FOX & Friends: I’m just writing a quick note to say “Hi” and see how your summer went. Great, I hope! I heard wonderful things about your Summer Concert Series. I know that...
It is September, which means—inevitably—that I find myself thinking about Paul Celan’s “Todesfugue,” this time (the first time) as a teacher. It is hardly easy, in subject matter or in style—it is credited for...
And getting people out of neighborhoods where it collects seems to be a cure. Interesting to note that the study actually didn’t support the thesis that environmental conditions would improve things like income or...
The Tea Party’s page on Facebook is taking issue with an Obama campaign ad. The comments thread is not what I’d call awesome. I will offer three rejoinders. (edited to add) Trizzlor wins the...
From Gawker, via Facebook… I can’t recall seeing a better campaign ad, ever, and I didn’t even watch The West Wing.
Any competent political scientist — or anyone with a working knowledge of arithmetic — can tell you that individual votes are almost never decisive to the outcome of an election. The popular press loves...
(This post cross-posted between Front Page and Mindless Diversions. I’ll open comments on the former and close them on the latter just to keep things neat and tidy.) Recently I asked folks to submit questions that...
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