Comment Rescue: ‘Why Didn’t Your Parents Love You?’ Edition
There is a decent chance your parents hated you. That is, assuming they did anything other than how I would.
Monthly Archive: December 2014
Would You Like Fries With That Midterm?
It’s not news that adjunct professors don’t get paid a lot. But it is at least remarkable when life imitates Breaking Bad.
In Praise of Drug-Pushing?
Apparently we haven’t been giving our daughter drugs. We’ve been helping her fight heart disease and combating the aging process.
Fantasy Football Week 15 In Review And NFL Open Thread
8 players becomes 4 players. See who made the cut.
The Montauk Catamaran Company Chronicles, 12/18/14: Surge Pricing and Broken Dreams
Surge-pricing, cake icing, ambition as soul craft, and other ways to pass the time while doing repetitive work.
For What It’s Worth, I Kind of Hate All of Y’all
James Hanley reacts to reports of an academic using a rather strong word about Republicans.
A Meathead Watches Gilmore Girls (“Love, Daisies, and Troubadors”)
Notes *I’m making a face like I just ate 57 lemons* “Love, Daisies, and Troubadors” I should have known something awful was coming when I was talking to one of the people who most...
The Ongoing Vitality of Free Speech in the United States
There’s never been a better time to say things no one objects to.
On Public Transit
Hernando de Soto’s The Other Path illustrates how private transit services served the public’s needs and turned a profit.
The Inevitable Result of New Journalism
Charles Johnson’s wild success at becoming the latest Folk Hero/Bad Boy D’Jour isn’t happening despite the latest trends in journalism. It’s happening because he’s better at them than everyone else.
United States to Overhaul Cuba Policy
The President announced major changes in U.S. policy towards Cuba today. This writer thinks it’s pretty awesome (though I won’t be booking that trip to Cuba until we know a little more). Marco Rubio says...
The Montauk Catamaran Company Chronicles, 12/17/14: In Praise of James Poulos
I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars.
The Montauk Catamaran Company Chronicles, 12/16/14: Just another day in the boatshop
A short photo tour of a typical day in the Montauk Catamaran Company Boat Shop
