Friday Jukebox: Second Friday in Ordinary Times
In no particular order, here are some songs with the words “ordinary” or “time” in them:
Monthly Archive: July 2013
Cute Kitten Friday: The Joys and Perils of Fostering
Michelle and The Russian take on the task of fostering orphaned kittens and fall victim to extreme cuteness, twice.
The Nuclear Option
Around the country, cities are looking to eminent domain as a way to fix mortgage messes. Dave explains why they shouldn’t.
A Jalapeno So Hot You Don’t Know If You’re Eating A Jalapeno
On the other hand, it’s easier for me to add spiciness than it is for someone else to remove it. On the other hand: alchemy.
Religious Liberty Means Religious Privilege
So far two bakeries have faced legal challenges to their refusal to make wedding cakes for same-sex weddings. Opponents of same-sex marriage see these cases as the start of a fast approaching widespread persecution....
Linky Friday #33
Heroes and psychopaths have similar personalities. You know who knows this? Supervillains. They say it like all the time.
Beyond Redemption
There’s a frequent exchange that appears in one form or another throughout Plato’s dialogues. It focuses on the question of whether it’s better to suffer or be the one inflicting the suffering. Of course,...
A Healthy Commotion – An Introduction
Ordinary Times is proud to introduce its latest sub-blog, penned by our own Elias Isquith, Ethan Gach, and Shawn Gude.
Fat In The Budget To Cut
Reason’s Hit and Run Blog informs me that the DEA is raiding dispensaries in Warshington.
Unclear on the Concept
Victor Davis Hanson, in a National Review post oddly reminiscent of the piece that got John Derbyshire fired, consisting as it does largely of cross-generational warnings to avoid black people, offers the following: Had...
The Southern Problem
Jason’s post was timely as I am thinking about home today from the shores of Cape Cod. For some reason whenever I am far from the South it gives me the ability to consider...
How Hiring
It’s really scary, when you think about it, how little information is conveyed throughout the entire hiring process.
Gratitude
Last night I cut a sunset cruise short and gave our guests their money back. When we left that dock at 6PM there was a line of thunderheads over Connecticut, but they were heading...
Cultural Institutions in Flux
Quite often cultural institutions choose to enter a state of flux and can’t get out.
