Why wasn’t there a mutiny on the Bounty?
In the LA Times, from email from Claudene Christian to her friend Rex Halbeisen, the crew member who lost her life on the Bounty’s last voyage: “You know me, I am not a mechanical person...
Daily Archive: November 3, 2012
The Quadrennial Conundrum
Last week, I did the dirty deed. I voted for Barack Obama. Begrudgingly wouldn’t begin to describe the manner in which I exercised the franchise. A recent Iowa transplant, I’d received my absentee ballot...
Nate Silver Himself Is the Entity to Be Analyzed
I love Nate Silver. I love his steady analysis of staggering reams of data. I love his measured treatment of complicated electoral possibilities. I love that he talks in terms of probabilities instead of...
Why has Conservatism inexplicably become our generation’s Hollywood Squares?
“On Monday morning, Romney’s local team in Dayton was eagerly preparing to host the candidate the following day. A high school gym had been reserved, a stage had been rented, and a pair of...
Reserved Buoyancy, Down-Flooding, and Living Off the Grid
In my introductory post I promised I would be writing about my Grand Unifying Theory of Slack, but so far have only hinted at my notions around its importance. I wrote the below last...
