Driving Blind: Slave Labor in the Modern Economy
He did not move. Eyes shut, he waited, shivering. He heard Travis breathe loud in the room; he heard Travis shift his rifle, click the safety catch, and raise the weapon. There was a...
Daily Archive: May 22, 2013
Daft Punk’s New Record (And Also About Records Generally)
A few weeks ago, I lost my mind about Daft Punk’s “Get Lucky.” I lost it to the point that I got suckered for an fan’s recreation of the song, then a leaked version...
Chasing Rainbows
A few weeks back, I asked my students what color play dough they wanted to make. After a few rounds of run-off voting, they decided unanimously for rainbow. Of course.
Yes. Yes It Was.
Asked about his ongoing verbal spat with Tiger Woods, Sergio Garcia said the following: “We’ll have him ’round every night. We will serve fried chicken.” After the inevitable backlash, he said this: “I answered...
Atheism, Paganism, and the God of Abraham
Several months ago, Rod Dreher, responding to several commenters on his blog, wondered whether a decline of Christianity in the West will lead to an atheistic society or a pagan one. There are, to...
