McUnion
This story and the potential for change it brings excites me more than the #funemployment hippie* party, #Occupy, ever did. Insightful, Hamilton Nolan writes: By 11:30 this morning, several dozen people wrapped in winter coats...
Monthly Archive: November 2012
Comment Rescue: Advantage and the breakdown in Bretton-Woods
This is a long comment by Ramblin’ Rod, that really belongs on the frontpage. JamesK and anyone else who wants to give a sustained reply to this can reply here instead of adding to...
Cries Out For A Caption Contest
The author of the funniest caption will win a preview of an upcoming Monday Trivia question at Not A Potted Plant.
Bonus Friday Afternoon Jukebox
My CFO (aka The Wife) declined my proposal that we get tickets for a night out in NYC to see Gaslight Anthem. I had been hoping to go to either last night’s show or...
Can There Be Any Doubt?
The Supreme Court is in conference today, considering certiorari petitions for ten cases addressing the issue of same-sex marriage. Eight of them are challenges to the Defense of Marriage Act, one of them is...
What The What?
The Mind Boggles. “Archaeologists of the History Institute of the DPRK Academy of Social Sciences have recently reconfirmed a lair of the unicorn rode by King Tongmyong, founder of the Koguryo Kingdom,” Emphasis mine.
Our Place in the Natural World
Burt’s post this morning got me thinking about predators in the natural world and the way we interact with them. In the past few years I have considered myself lucky to see coyotes frequently while in...
Announcing The Upcoming Opposite Day Symposium!
Last year, we had a delightful time writing a handful of posts for opposite day. (Here‘s the original kickoff! James K wrote about The fallacy of separation of powers. Murali made a case for Democracy....
Senate evidently remembers its job.
Wonder what chance it has of passage. Full text of the amendment to the NDAA (warning: PDF).
Thinking in Shorthand
The culture wars over political correctness in academia never really went away, I suppose, although they only sometimes bubble up to the top of the simmering zeitgeist. One of those bubbles reaches up near...
Like 1776, But Without the Singing
Actually, that’s not quite fair—I happen to enjoy watching 1776 and its John-Adams-as-Mr.-Feeney approach to history. But perhaps that’s because there’s no one who’s going to leave any movie centered on Adams arguing for...
Trade Sequence Part 3 – The Tribulations of the Working Class
Greetings loyal readers! My apologies for taking so long on this part, but life got in the way a little. I’m glad I’m getting some really interesting discussion on these posts, and based on the discussion so far,...
P.S. I Love You
by M.A. A friend of mine forwarded over a very disturbing letter. It’s written up as a letter to “Mom” from a daughter leaving an “abusive” household. What it really is, at least as...
Note to Fix the Debt: Your Class Interest’s Showing
I guess the Fix the Debt folks are worried that their decades-long quest to roll back the New Deal and lower their own taxes is in peril, because they’re responding now to a Matt...
Walking Dead Discussion Thread: S3 E7, “When the Dead Come Knocking”
*Spoiler Alert: Do not read this post or the comment section if you have not seen the show. Also, for those who have read the comics, please do not discuss plot elements not revealed on the...
Treme, Season 3, Episode 10, “Tipitina”
Another season, here and gone, this one easily the most disappointing of the three and yet there still managed to be moments during tonight’s episode when I longed for more with some of these...
Biology in Practice: How to Stretch a Gallon of Milk
LEFT: Yogurt is comprised of Streptococcus thermophilus and Lactobacilli such as bulgaricus, acidophilus, casei, and rhamnosis. In the spirit of Tod Kelly’s Cheap-ass Gourmet series, and to add to the plethora of food posts we’ve...
Falling Out of Love with Hate, Part 4: The Thermomixed Turkey Fryer Edition
(Preamble, Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3) Phil Bolger’s “Alice”, a 28′ power-cruiser The late and much missed Phil Bolger, in Boats with an Open Mind, chapter 37, writing about his Alice design,...
A Major Seachange In Culture And I Don’t Know When It Happened
I’ve realized that I pretty much have to ask for “no mayo” at everywhere I’m inclined to purchase a burger. Fast food, sitdown restaurants, wherever. When I was a kid, burgers came with mustard...
