Ta-Nehisi recently wrote a post in which he boggled: In my twitter (and maybe in yours) and around the web, I keep hearing what I can only call an attempt to redeem Christopher Dorner’s...
Why does the GOP still act like it’s 1980?
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...
For the first part of 2013, Canada has been in the grips of an existential crisis. The Idle No More movement saw Native Canadians voice their anger and frustration over centuries of abuse and...
I have been with my company for 13 years and this past week was the hardest I can remember. I found out on Monday that my position was being downsized and I am being moved...
Last night my wife informed me that my youngest son apparently has a girlfriend. It’s hard to parse out exactly how I feel about this. On the one hand, at thirteen he’s younger by...
Ronald Dworkin died of leukemia on Valentines Day at the age of 81. He was the founder of the political philosophy Luck Egalitarianism as well as the founder of the jurisprudence theory Legal Interpretivism....
In the past few months, I haven’t been writing nearly as much as I would like. There are a number of reasons for this, but sometimes it just comes down to writer’s block. Recently,...
UPDATE: Ouch! In a post where I rolled my eyes at someone’s basic research incompetence, I went and totally got my Bens confused. So for the records, I would like to formally apologize to Ben Smith, formally...
Edited add: gCaptain has another great post about the testimony at the Bounty hearing. This passage jumps out: When she wasn’t at the pier – because she didn’t carry passengers for hire – Bounty...
Are we at war? Yes. We are at war. Who is our enemy? Al Qaeda is our enemy. Is al Qaeda a nation-state? No, they are not. What is al Qaeda? Experts have described...
Doug Henwood summarizes an important decline in the reading level of State of the Union addresses,
So a meteor struck in the middle of a town in southern Russia yesterday. The Beeb has some pretty cool video. Well, it wasn’t very cool if you were one of the people who...
This is the third in a series of posts where I will explore the interesting phenomenon that is teaching social norms. As an early childhood educator, I am tasked with far more than teaching...
Watch this video on YouTube There’s too much to say. I’m gonna have to bullet point this: -This is Nina Simone’s “Sinnerman.” It is the greatest song ever recorded. -I know, I know –...
In 1978 in Salem, Oregon, a married woman who had been a victim of domestic abuse accused her husband of rape. The rape and the accompanying violence inflicted upon her by her spouse was...
Valve Corporation, a video game maker based in Bellevue Washington, has rejected Windows 8 and is now promoting Ubuntu Linux. It will come as no news to most of the League, but Valve Corporation...
Zic reminds us quite eloquently: Today is Valentine’s Day. The day of love. And the Day of One Billion Rising. Women around the world demonstrating to end the violence against women. I’ve said it...
The sea doesn’t care what you meant to do. It doesn’t ask what the reason was, let alone whether your reason rises to the level of an excuse. The sea doesn’t judge. The sea...
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on Open Mic for the week of 4/15/2024Ah yes, we are back to your theory of the mind discussions. You assume because I didn't agree with h… on Open Mic for the week of 4/15/2024Now try to imagine someone who can only see one perspective. To the point where others DON'T EVEN OC…
on Open Mic for the week of 4/15/2024Wait wait wait. You mean other people see things differently than you do? How can they be so blind!
on Open Mic for the week of 4/15/2024Selfishness can lead to a tantrum, just like an interstate can lead to a mall. Mall doesn't imply in… on Open Mic for the week of 4/15/2024If you can duplicate the internal structure of something, it's very likely you understand its intern… on Open Mic for the week of 4/15/2024I stand by my word salad assertion. It's cool. I understand now. if he had been willing to concede t… on Open Mic for the week of 4/15/2024“Tantrum” doesn’t imply selfishness. Like, at all. Statements like this are how I know you have neve… on Open Mic for the week of 4/15/2024It's like in Westworld. It looks like something. It just doesn't look like anything to him. It's wor… on Open Mic for the week of 4/15/2024This: Do you have the capability to see how your framing here could be interpreted as other than obv…
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