Daily Archive: August 27, 2013
The Executioner
“I’ll get the right arm, you get the left. One of us will have the actual agents, and the other will have saline solution.”
Own Comment Rescue, Inflation Edition
Continuing with the recent, curious trend of deeming my comments worthy of being highlighted in posts of their own, our friend Murali sent me an email
Jonathan Chait Shakes His Head at “Younger Liberal Friends”
Jonathan Chait is reasonably sure that “killing some of the Syrians who are soldiers wantonly killing civilians will probably lead to a net decrease in killing,” and with that let the bombing commence.
Ordinary Tales – An Introduction and Call for Submissions
Starting today, Ordinary Times is pleased to announce a new regular sub-blog category, Ordinary Tales. Ordinary Tales will feature fiction, poetry, personal essays, original music, and visual art submissions.
Pat Robertson is a liar and hypocrite
Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor, Mr. Robertson
Defining Cultural Decline
Rufus takes a stab at explaining why he finds the local culture where he lives to be pathological but not in decline.
Driving Blind: The Road to “Intervention”
While the President and his administration prime the American public for war with Syria, a look at some of the day’s most prevalent writing on the topic demonstrates just how little anyone knows about what might happen after the country does so.
FML
It’s no secret around here that I’m an obsessive fan of the Buffalo Bills and an only slightly less obsessive fan of the New York Mets. This is a depressing enough combination as it...
Babylonia!
Installment 13 of the Babylon 5 Viewing Club! The introductory post was here, The Soul Hunter was covered here, and Born to the Purple was covered right here. After that was Infection. Then came...
