The “47%” isn’t the bit that should bother you
I’ve been sequestering myself away from the front page since Friday as I’ve been working on projects, but decided to quickly jump in and weigh in on what is now, I assume, The Big...
Monthly Archive: September 2012
Week Two Roundup
My birthday is Sunday, but my present came early — the NFL direct package and the Red Zone channel. Sunday morning there were nine games going at once and it was so great I...
Mindless Diversions Announces The Sandman Reading Like For Real Club!
We, at Mindless Diversions, would like to announce that we are going to be reading like for real the Sandman comic books. We need you! Specifically, we need you to show up in the...
Data Visualizations
Doing it right. Still needs work. Note: the first draws from data collected by the back end that supports the second, so it’s not exactly a completely fair comparison. Still… hire better UI guys,...
Romney on Obama Voters
Apparently secret video filmed at a recent Romney event. Truth be told, I don’t know much what to make of it. On the one hand, it seems to be one of the few moments...
American Process and Its “Occasional Services to Liberalism”
Liberals endure much teasing for their inability to articulate just what liberalism means. Even their best and brightest flounder at the task. “[T]here is something deep within liberalism,” Michael Tomasky attempts, “that prevents it...
Ketchup
Ketchup used to be awesome. With the possible exception of bread, I don’t think any food product has suffered more from commercialization. But bread’s made a comeback, and I’m pretty sure ketchup could, too....
With Great Access Comes Great Responsibility
In addition to some kind words from many commenters’, I’ve also gotten some substantial push back on what I thought was a rather uncontroversial position (so much so that I felt a bit guilty making...
10 Fun Facts from the Values Voter Summit
I’ll be writing more in-depth observations about the VVS in the next few days, but those will be about the conference as a whole (surprisingly nutty, even with expectations going in), and the attendees...
Michael Lewis’ Article on the President Demonstrates by Example the Shallowness of Political Journalism
Recalling the inspiration for his profile on President Obama which appeared this week in the pages of Vanity Fair, superstar writer Michael Lewis said, “On a whim, last November, I thought what would be...
Friday Jukebox: Live Blues Edition
Because I like the blues, especially live blues. Because blues goes well with bourbon. Enjoy the music, and enjoy the open thread.
LeagueCast: Values, Pluralism and Public Reason
The next episode of LeagueCast will go live this Wednesday, 19th of September, 6PM PST. We will be discussing Values, Pluralism and Public Reason. Shoot me an email at amurali284@gmail.com if you want to ...
Last Call for Drinks in DC
As a reminder, those in the DC area will be meeting at the Black Squirrel at 6:30. At the moment there looks to be about 10 of us. First round will be on me. Everyone...
Missing Person Bleg [Updated – Found!]
The husband of one of my wife’s acquaintances has been missing for 17 hours. The police won’t yet file a missing person’s bulletin. She (the acquaintance, not my wife) has called all the local hospitals, but to...
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Unordinary Gentlemen
As we know, our site name is ironic- gentlemen are anything but ordinary now. Here Andrew Gimson mourns the death of the English gentleman and its concomitant ideal of good, selfless conduct. George Bernard...
Whoops!
A local school is caught up in a controversy that is opening some very ugly wounds. Central Elementary School of Mamaroneck, NY is being accused of segregating Kindergarten classrooms along racial lines. The numbers...
Progressivism’s American-ness
Over my last few posts on progressivism (here and here), I’ve made a fairly straightforward argument with three big claims: 1. Today’s conservatives consider progressives to be not just political opponents, but also un-American....
The Church of England, The Churches of America
Of the churches within the United States, one of the most gay-friendly is The Episcopal Church, the American branch of the Church of England. Though it varies from region to region, The Episcopal Church...
J. Christopher Stevens.
In our rush to discuss the political ramifications or the national security issues of the Benghazi attacks, it’s easy to forget the people on the ground. In particular the death in the line of...
