I’ve argued through my recaps this season that we’re seeing a very defined cleavage between the behavior of the show’s white characters and the behavior of the show’s non-white characters. I have spent the...
I just got a new laptop, which came with Windows 8 and Explorer 10. I am frustrated. Things are different now. I’ve managed to stumble into a desktop environment like I was used to...
Updated Below I had an exchange at a large retailer this weekend that made me question some of the struts in my own ethical framework. Intellectually, I’m having a hard time piecing together whether...
There is a certain kind of libertarian who says that they see no reason to abide by XYZ laws/ pay taxes because they didn’t sign any social contract. Hell, I don’t even have to...
Mitt Romney believes that he lost the presidential election because many voters (as many as 47%, maybe more!) who benefit from government programs were incapable of basing their votes on anything other than their interest in maintaining...
This is part of a series I’m writing on being the parent of a child with severe multiple disabilities at Blinded Trials. A couple of months ago, a mother of a child with the...
Note: Here’s a post that I began some time ago and that is increasingly losing relevancy as post-election developments multiply. But it ended up being rather long and, frankly, the idea of having spent...
… or something… I guess. Take it away, Globe and Mail:
I am on the Hampton Jitney, west-bound. There’s just been a little to do, a dust up if you will, at the Amaganett stop. “What happened?” you ask. Well it seems that a fellow...
On election night at Fox News there was one question that was asked over and over by desperate anchors, experts and reporters alike: Why had the American people ignored the Benghazi story? Or to...
I know most of you all around here find soccer unwatchable and soccer posts around here tend to result in a giant yawn from the commentariat. But I submit that if you do not...
S/V INTEMPERANCE, November 2009, somewhere between Montauk Point and Bermuda “You can’t throw bull with the ocean, she won’t listen.” — Harold “Dynamite” Payson, Build the New Instant Boats (Previously, Parts 1, 2, 3 , 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8) In...
I don’t suppose I’ll be courting much controversy by saying that human sexuality has historical meaning. The sexual revolution would have made no sense had sex meant nothing to anyone. It was a reaction...
by James Hanley Part II: Dedicated to all the quiet folks who read part I. I’m still astounded that despite my repeated disavowals some folks were certain that I was arguing that that modern...
by Mike Schilling The Monty Hall Problem is a great piece of recreational mathematics, because it’s very simple to state, doesn’t require any advanced mathematical tools to analyze, and has a solution that’s both...
From The California Public Utilities Commission: Lyft, SideCar, and Uber were cited $20,000 each for violations of state law, including operating as passenger carriers without evidence of public liability and property damage insurance coverage...
Briefly noted — the New York Times today went live with a five-essay “Room for Debate” regarding the future of the Republican Party. While I commend the Gray Lady for getting a diverse panel of well-known...
A recent twitter exchange with James Bennet, combined with a recent change to my twitter avatar causes me to gather up some thoughts about the way we use photographs as a part of our...
Here’s some deep in the woods philosophical stuff. It may only be of interest to libertarians, and maybe not even to them.
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