Monthly Archive: December 2014
Fantasy Football Week 13 In Review And NFL Open Thread
And I think we begin our random walk towards the playoffs. Or is that next week?
Linky Friday #93: Ayn Rand Edition
This week: Housing, Culture, Religion, Politics, Psychology, Relationships, and Latin America! And a video!
The Montauk Catamaran Company Chronicles, 12/04/14: Paper
The postman brings something important to the Montauk Catamaran Company boat shop, and the captain meditates on creativity and procrastination.
The Plasticity of Memory, Indeed: Some quick reflections of the call to charge Ferguson eyewitnesses with perjury
The latest conservative talking point regarding Ferguson, via Rudy Giuliani, is a call for eyewitnesses who testified for the prosecution to be charged with perjury.
Which, says Tod, is a good excuse to take a closer look at what eyewitness testimony really is.
I’ll post these two items here…
While this could have been included as part of Linky Friday, it probably deserves standalone recognition:
A Meathead Watches Gilmore Girls (“The Breakup, Part 2” and “The Third Lorelai”)
Notes Something finally happens that really helped the show. Also, I try to figure out how to use a very inappropriate word without actually using a very inappropriate word. “The Breakup, Part 2: Electric...
Plasticity of Memory, Principles of Charity, and Pugilistic Punditry
The New York Times triggers a disappointing demonstration that for some, fighting might be more important than winning.
The Eugenics of the Death Penalty
Saul Degraw on the potential Panetti execution and what is says about our attitudes towards the mentally ill.
The Montauk Catamaran Company Chronicles, 12/03/14: Regulations
The more people you might kill, the more interested the Coast Guard is in what you’re doing.
The Montauk Catamaran Company Chronicles: An Introduction
The first post in the ongoing chronicle of the construction of Mon Tiki Largo, a 63 foot ocean voyaging catamaran.
Judging the Guilty in Ferguson
For the majority of Americans outraged by the tragic shooting of Michael Brown, last week’s grand jury decision in Ferguson was worse than unjust.
It was inconvenient.
