Monthly Archive: June 2014
Cultural Criticism in the age of Haters gonna Hate (Update!!)
Update: I seem to have marred my point in this essay by bad writing and/or reputation. There is nothing wrong with liking pop culture and a lot of pop culture. There is a lot...
The GOP to Women: We Love You, Really
A few old white guy members of the Michigan Republican party decided that they could show empathy to women voters by pretending to read a few glossy fashion magazines: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/michigan-republicans-women-s-magazines
Is the best satirical news found at The New Republic?
Judging by their hard hitting piece on The Daily Currant, it certainly seems so.
Terror, Torture, Treason, and D-Day
If Edward Snowden wants to be recognized as a Patriot he should come home.
Linky Friday #71
Links! Click on them and go places! This week: Education, Gender, Office, Space, Nicotine, and North Dakota!
Mount Rushmore – Mount Rushmore Edition
No, we’re not getting meta. Worse. We’re talking Presidents…
Everything I Believe about Religion, Part I: Fun Is Epistemologically Dangerous
I will be offensive. If it’s any consolation, I suspect that we all are, hereabouts.
Destroying Children
Justice for children…and by that we mean crushing, brutal retribution regardless of age.
Three Questions About The Bergdahl Deal Answered
Three questions, all of which have easy, obvious answers. So why are we talking about this?
New Column at The New Republic
Forgive me the hiatus in posting. I’ve been parenting (and writing a fair amount). Saw Tod (et al) at Leaguefest and he (et al) encouraged me to share links here to my work elsewhere,...
A Disfavored Bench-Bar Dispute Resolution Technique
You’ve gotta fight for your right to… a speedy trial.
Atlas Shrugged, and I Read About It
I have a post that’s going to be involve (though not really be about) Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged. I figured before I did that, I would write a bit about the book more generally.
Out of the Mouth of Babes: Paul Bloom, Baby Morality, and the Origins of Racism
Paul Bloom’s research on infant morality has turned my assumptions about the origins of racism on its head.
