First Round’s On Me – City of Angels Edition
I’ll be in Los Angeles next week for several days. Since it was so amazingly fun getting to hang out with Leaguers in DC last fall, I thought I’d float the idea for doing...
Daily Archive: January 25, 2013
My Pet Cat And Electoral College Reform
It’s so much fun to be able to jump up and down and say “I’m right! I’m right!” only when what you’re right about isn’t particularly happy news, that feels like it’s sort of...
Tractable and Ornery
“No, no, no,” said the Skeptic. “I’m telling you—the language itself is corrupt. The words you use make the outcome a foregone conclusion. Always. They limit your vision.” “You’re—ehhh—telling me?” asked the Cynic. “With,...
System Failure: What David Brooks Doesn’t Get About Meritocracy — And Why He Never Will
David Brooks’s latest, this one on the meritocracy, is a good example of how all the right questions and smart anaylsis in the world is not going to make up for a totally wrong premise...
Republicans really, really, really, really, really need to stop talking about rape
This week New Mexico Rep. Cathryn Brown introduced a bill that would charge rape victims who get subsequent abortions with “tampering with evidence.” The law would presumably apply to victims whose ER doctors prophylactically...
The Second Inaugural: A Big Speech
[A little late to post this, I know, but I just realized I had not shared it with the League when I first wrote it. — EI] I don’t know what I expected to...
Friday Jukebox: Leaguefest 2013 Edition
We hope to see you in June! Make plans now, set the time aside, come on out. You won’t regret it. Just think about the live music that’ll be going on! Which got me...
No, I am a (local) rock star
Apologies to James Poulos. Been meaning to post something by “the noble Savages.” This song is about the apocalypse. [soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/70401725″ params=”” width=” 100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /]
Who needs choirs when you can…
I feel that this is just awesome. Seriously! It is only in this age have we been able to do anything like this. There is a certain beauty to one person doing by himself...
I’m Just a Black Man Trapped in This White World…
To paraphrase fellow blogger Mike Dwyer, it seems kind of odd to write an introduction since I’ve been familiar with this blog and the bloggers for about as long as the League has existed. ...
