Daily Archive: March 27, 2013

Teaching Social Norms: Wrapping Up

This has been both a fun and informative series to write.  I didn’t set out with an agenda beyond exploring how it is we teach social norms and giving a bit of a glimpse...

Damn you Wal-Mart…

As much as I want to get a substantive post on the front page, I keep getting distracted.  This article about Wal-Mart is yet another distraction, but one I wanted to share with everyone,...

Progress

There’s been a sort of devolution in the comment threads lately with people retreating to corners or focusing on negativity or any one of a number of other sub-dynamics that always strike me as...

Home Construction Bleg: Hinges

So, I’m replacing a bunch of doors in the house and opted to buy blank slabs since we have non-standard hinge placement and I didn’t want to deal with re-doing the jams.  However, I’m...

Be Proud Of The Double Jeopardy Clause

Having been acquitted on the merits, an accused defendant ought not to have to stand trial twice for the same crime. This is as true in the United States as it is anywhere else...