Monthly Archive: March 2013

Early week plug. Still working on a crowd-sourcing of my master’s degree. Give a little bit (how’s $5? $10? Get a personalized postcard!) Also, ideas on how to improve the pitch and make a...

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...

by Kevin Blackwell Today I am in mourning. I’m not an emotional dude—so that really is saying a lot. I’m mourning one of my most prized childhood role models, famous pediatric neurosurgeon Dr. Ben...

by Mad Rocket Scientist Recent news articles have highlighted the California system of firearms registries & confiscations.  For most news outlets, this seemed to be a ho-hum article of how the system works.  They make...

Our own Mike Schilling explores some interesting elements of English grammar, ultimately noting that the rule in question is such that “[w]e know it well enough that there’s no need to teach it.”  This...

Back before there were photographic school yearbooks, it was not uncommon for young people to have autograph books. They were small notebooks with hard covers that were small enough to fit in one’s pocket....

A disproportionate number of baby clothes designs and even toys contain elephants. None contain donkeys. I feel like my baby is being groomed to be a Republican. I kid, the likelihood that she will...

Zerlina Maxwell responds to attacks generated by her recent appearance on the “Sean Hannity Show” and elaborates on her position put forth there.  In doing so, she offers five steps toward teaching men not...

The Thayer/Atlantic thing is still gnawing at me (fellow Leaguers may have noticed a passel of false starts in our draft cue.) My thoughts continue to be half-formed, but some side conversations have brought...

…that this dude formed the “White Student Union” at Towson University? Between the coach/baseball program firing and this whack job, one wonders if there’s something in the water.

My husband, The Russian, spent the first 28 years of his life in the former Leningrad, whereas I came of age mostly in Southern California. As you might imagine, this divergence makes for some...

“We’ve become wealthy and comfortable. Recalling our defeat, I paid homage and prayed for the people who sacrificed their lives for this country.” The quote above is familiar. We hear its echo when the...

On March 15, 33 44 BCE, Gaius Julius Caesar was assassinated. The empire of the Roman Republic had decapitated itself and a lengthy historical metamorphosis now called the Roman Revolution moved into its endgame....

Steve Vlaceck has a useful coda to the Paul filibuster over at Lawfare, where he basically reaches the conclusion I pointed out a week ago: