Monthly Archive: July 2014
Sunday!
True Detective has been watched. Spoiler-free review: it’s not bad. Warning, major spoilers in the post itself.
Saturday!
The ability to make your own decks! Finally! (Pity that the bells and whistles get in the way…)
Android Apporama: GPS & Navigation
Will Truman risked life and limb using all sorts of GPS and Navigation apps so that he could report them to you. Kicking off a series of posts on Android apps, this week looks at nine different navigation apps and reports the results.
The Messy Convergence of Sh**ty Customer Service and Net Neutrality
Tod Kelly reports on two happy endings from hellish telecommunication customer fails, and wonders aloud about the possible role the industry’s push to end net neutrality might have had in bringing them about.
What Do You Get When You Cross Sports and Awards Shows? A Hangover. That’s What.
Russell and Kazzy descend to a new level of hell with an ESPYs viewing party.
Linky Friday #76
Links! Click on them and go places! This week: Space, History, Body, Mind, Entertainment, Asia, Housing, and Culture!
More on Moderate Republicans
There are plenty of reform-minded conservatives out there. Finding their voice is the hard part.
Weekend!
One of the big plans is the spoiler-laden True Detective post for Sunday. Be there or be a rhombus.
Let My People Go
One company begins an experiment in ways to take enlightened management techniques down a notch, conveniently in the middle of union negotiations. Burt Likko offers a few answers to the question, “What could possibly go wrong?”
Moderate Republicans are Outraged. Nobody Cares.
I’m glad to hear of Republicans willing to speak out against Brownback’s radicalism. But I think the news from the Republican 100 is not as encouraging on a second look.
Whenever you’re with me, Make sure it’s still me: “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde”
Stevenson’s story endures because we sympathize with Jekyll and identify with Hyde.
Holocaust Denial in Our Schools: A Follow-Up
A few months ago I posted an essay about a Southern California middle school that asked students to argue whether the Holocaust happened or not and the evidence provided against the Holocaust came from...
The Logical Conclusion of “Welfare Reform”
The big story yesterday on all my usual political blog stops was about a woman who was arrested because she let her 9-year old daughter play in the park alone. The woman was poor,...
Bringing Things Down to Woman Level
As if to prove that they want to give women as many reasons as possible not to vote for them, members of the Republican Strategy Committee explained their latest voter outreach plan last week.
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