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Monthly Archive: March 2013
Walking Dead Discussion Thread: S3 E14, “Prey”
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...
On Dr. Ben Carson and Fallen Heroes
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...
The Trouble with Registries
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...
What is Teaching?
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...
Forget me not
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....
To Fail as a Son
The last time I saw my father I was twelve years old. Before boarding the airplane that would return me to the home of my mother and step-father, I had sat on the edge...
Space Awesome Playlists, Judges’ Awards and Lists O’Plenty: The Road Trip! Thursday Night Bar Fight Results
What follows are the results of this week’s Thursday Night Bar Fight, in which we used a Survivor-like setup to try to create a group-sourced 10-album playlist for a two month road trip. There’s...
A Republican Conspiracy
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...
Fighting Back
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...
It’s better to live now than then.
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...
Is it wrong the first thing I noticed was…
…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.
More Salt for Mark Thompson’s Wounds
Hey, remember how CPAC snubbed Chris Christie, based on the logic that having someone who had asked for disaster relief might send a message that post-election movement conservatism was a joke?
Friday Jukebox: Drinking with Jesus
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...
The Sun Will Rise Again…
“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...
Rue The Ides
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....
Anita Sarkeesian and the Damsel in Distress Trope
In early 1986 Nintendo released the action-adventure video game The Legend of Zelda, and when I, a geeky eight-year-old, first got my hands on a NES controller and, with the press of a few...
The Paul Coda: The Libertarian Hijacking
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:
