Saturday!
Without getting into politics, on the victims of the protagonist in the Assassin’s Creed universe (some mild spoilers)
Monthly Archive: September 2015
The Standard Player Contract, 1881
If you have ever wondered why baseball players have such a strong union, here is why…
Linky Friday #130: Martyrs & Migrants
This week: Education, Politics, Refugees, United States, and the World!
“Sorry, race has nothing at all to do with this.”
The NYPD Commissioner’s comments about the mistaken arrest of James Blake are a perfect microcosm of how white America deals with race in 2015.
I Didn’t Skip the Readings
Gabriel Conroy looks back to the time when, as a young and devout Catholic, his college biology class assigned readings counter to his beliefs.
Can States Afford a Part-Time Legislature?
Times have changed. So should state legislatures’ schedules.
How To: Hit Yourself In The Face With A Golf Ball
Have you been waiting for a How To explainer on hitting yourself in the head with a golf ball? Why? That’s a terrible thing to wait for. Wait for better things.
Reason & Revelation (and Something Else)
A surface scratching inquiry into objective notions of truth.
When Called Out in Politics or Comedy, Always Escalate
Donald Trump’s candidacy is a referendum on our current system of choosing candidates based on which ones make the fewest verbal missteps.
Kim Davis Freed
The suckiest Labor Day weekend Kim Davis can remember will turn out to have been only fifteen minutes long in the cultural zeitgeist.
Open Thread (Testing New New Comments New Since Last Visit Reloaded, Reloaded, Augmented)
Everything you know is wrong, and everything you like is evil and harmful. Did you see that thing? What a thing that thing is! America is pretty great. America is pretty bad. [ ] are pathetic, but you – you’re pretty darn terrific. Commenting on blogs is a complete waste of time. Everyone should support web developers financially to the very limit of ability to pay. RTod was right about something. This thing is/isn’t working.
