George Lucas Taps Out
USA Today reports Disney is buying Lucasfilm from its sole owner, Mr. Lucas, for ~$4.1 billion dollars. Said Disney CEO Robert Iger: “This is one of the great entertainment properties of all time, one...
Daily Archive: October 30, 2012
“Democracy Distilled” — A Brief History of US Voting Rights
While this video was sent to me a bit ago, I’d forgotten to post about it until today. I think it’s pretty cool — and with people’s access to voting having become such a...
Bookdragon Asks…
On Mike’s comment rescue of Zic’s great comment, commentor Bookdragon asks: As I’ve grown older and look like less of a target (and earned belts in judo, jui jitsu and karate), I’ve worried a...
Hurricane Sandy, and Why Sound Risk Management Should Always Trump Populist Banner Waving
I suspect that this will have zero effect on the election, because I believe that the reason we vote for candidates has less to do with logical and rational reasoning than it does tribalism...
The South Hasn’t Risen Again
Andrew Sullivan has pulled out the Electoral College maps again to make a point about race, the Confederacy, and the Republican Party: [I]f Obama loses North Carolina, Virginia and Florida – which I suspect...
Comment Rescue: The Challenges Women Face
I’ve been bugging commenter Zic to write a guest post and she gave us the next best thing with a well-written comment over at Blinded Trials. With her permission I share the comment here...
