Sunday!
Technically, having a guy show up in Act V, Scene 5 to say “the bad guy from Act I, Scene 1 who put all this in motion has changed his mind!” *IS* kinda lazy writing.
Monthly Archive: August 2014
Hopefully the end of it.
In non-cops being horrible news. The Obama Administration announces the work-around for the Hobby Lobby ruling. So yes, they basically expanded the religious institution exemption to Hobby Lobby. This should probably have simply been...
The Third Conversation
Tod observes that we only ever seem to have one of two different kinds of conversation about racism in America.
We need a third.
Linky Friday #80
Links! It’s Friday! This week: Sports, Entertainment, the World, Progress, and Sunscreen!
Better Call Saul!! My Time on Jury Duty
I had jury duty for two days this week. I was not selected to serve on the jury but I did get empaneled and asked questions by the judge, assistant district attorney, and defense...
It had to happen eventually.
Erick Erickson wrote a post titled “I Increasingly Find Conflict Between My Faith and Some Conservative Discourse“. Musing on this revelation of his after the cut.
Weekend!
I dunno about you, but these last couple of weeks have taken a toll. So I’m giving this post to Maribou tonight.
What Happened To Michael Brown Is Not Much In Dispute
The conventional wisdom at the moment about the shooting of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri two weeks ago is that no one really knows what happened, and that the narratives conflict greatly depending on who you ask.
The conventional wisdom is bull.
Gawker Addendum
If you haven’t read Ethan’s Post on Gawker up top, go read it now. Once you have, come look at this.
Gawker to Vox: Stay off our lawn
Gawker’s Leah Finnegan strongly objects to a post by Max Fischer at Vox describing how events in Ferguson might be reported on if the U.S. were just another country in the world.
Ferguson: The Background
League alum Jamelle Bouie has been committing journalism in Ferguson for the last week. His most recent piece, placing the events of the last two weeks in both a local and historical context, is...
Not Seeing the Forest for the Trees… Again.
In the wake of the shooting of Michael Brown, white America rushes to focus on the canard that the real underlying problem is police equipment, random bad apples with authority issues, and basically anyone who isn’t us.
by Tod Kelly
The Platonic Ideal of Being Middle Class
In Professor Hanley’s post on income inequality, Gabriel Conroy vexed frustration about how the term middle class was overbroad to the point of uselessness. Our would be Dubliner wrote: ‘I’m also wary of the...
