The Other Half of New York City
For anyone living in New York City, or even vaguely familiar with the city and its mayor, this is not surprising news. But it’s still unwelcome: The rise in New York City’s poverty rate...
Monthly Archive: April 2013
Flames…
Without discussing the merits of the entire article, I’d just like to say that this makes my head ache: “When you have a lower-level job, being exceptionally good at it is usually a deterrent...
What Joe Paterno and Kermit Gosnell Have In Common
Like a lot of folks, I’ve been following the whole story on the role of the media concerning abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell. There’s a lot to said about media ethics and double standards. Last...
Maybe Barbie was a Scientist
You know that old high school lament, I’m not going to use math in real life? Apparently, you’re not going to use it in science either:
Barack Obama – a Natural British Conservative
by Brian John Spencer Margaret Thatcher is revered by the Republican Party. However, with the passing of the Iron Lady has come a stark realisation: just how far apart the two conservative traditions on...
In The First Circle Bookclub!
(Our kickoff post is here, and our discussion posts are here and here.) The story of how Solzhenitsyn edited The First Circle from the 96-chapter version (the black version) to the 87-chapter version (the red version)...
Redefining Limits: The Hidden Value of Hard
Some of you may recall how taken I was with the coverage of the Bounty hearings by Mario Vittone at gCaptain. I wondered, “Who is this guy who writes so knowledgeably and compassionately about...
Immigration Reform’s Big Tent
Here’s a pretty good New York Times piece on whether or how the Boston Marathon bombing has affected their views on immigration reform. (It’s got a touch of Jane Goodall with the plebes; but,...
Conflicted
I’m happy. I’m happy that Boston’s nightmare appears to be over. I’m happy that a city I love, a city I lived in for 5 years, the city where I met my wife, the...
Panic Stains Tsarnaev’s Apprehension
I cannot think of a time in American history, or indeed in world history, in which an entire city has been shut down to apprehend a single criminal. On Friday, the city of Boston and its neighboring...
What’s What.
An explanation that few will agree with, fewer will like, and fewer still will advocate.[1] First, naturalistic evolution is true. I’m sorry if that disturbs you, but I don’t even consider it controversial. No...
Help Wanted, Again
The last time I posted a Help Wanted ad here on Gents we ended up with Joe, a most excellent Mennonite carpenter/artist. Joe ended up doing most of the lofting (drawing the boat parts...
Updates on Boston
One suspect dead, one suspect on the run. Explosions last night in Watertown, a suburb just outside the city. The entire metro area on lockdown.
420 Weekend Jukebox And Open Thread
It’s theorized that this particular weekend will be bringing in hella tourists to both Colorado and Warshington to celebrate the first “legal” 4/20. The news reports I’m seeing out there for “Colorado 420 tourism”...
Into the Woods
This time of year, as the days turn warmer and everything begins to become green again, I get an overwhelming urge to spend some time in the woods with friends. Spring is for camping....
West and Boston
The dead and injured in West, Texas surely count for the same as the dead and injured in Boston, Massachusetts, and indeed are more numerous. Boston seems more emotionally-charged; no one considers other than...
Teach Her Good
So, you run a high school and you think teen pregnancy and the spread of STIs is a serious problem. Well, if you’re Principal George Aulenbacher of George Washington High School in Charleston, West Virginia,...
Of Bubbles and Bias
Twice the Rupert Murdoch-owned has announced that police have identified the primary suspects in Monday’s Boston Marathon bombings. Twice it has indicated that or pictured these purported “suspects” as persons of Arab descent or persons...
Griner Comes Out
Brittney Griner, star basketball player at Baylor University and #1 overall selection in Monday’s WNBA draft, has come out publicly as gay: “Don’t worry about what other people are going to say, because they’re always...
