Monthly Archive: December 2016
Comfortably Smug: World’s “Most Evil” Investment Bank Explored In Documentary
Perhaps the most interesting segment to be found, however, is quite early on in the film. Of all the former Goldman employees to interview, the filmmakers managed to round up Steve Bannon, current CEO...
Aeon: Why there’s no place like home – for anyone, any more
Tiny homes evoke a frontier spirit of people trying to remake their lives after a catastrophe. The fact that these homes are on a trailer and don’t touch the ground can exempt their owners...
Book notes: Foucault and the Iranian Revolution
Two scholars do a service for intellectual history in arguing how a distinguished thinker could have been so misguided.
The Backup QB Could Try A Hail Mary As The Clock Runs Out
The Supreme Court hangs in the balance. Will Joe Biden throw away this shot?
An Open Letter to the Writer Who Wrote the Open Letter to the Female Hat-Wearing Dog from “Go Dog, Go”
An openletter to a closed mind.
Matthew Stoller: The Autocratic Failure
1. This tweet storm is going to be about why people have such a hard time understanding Trump. It's because they don't understand Obama. — Matt Stoller (@matthewstoller) December 3, 2016 2. Trump is...
Saturday!
Sometimes you buy gifts for the gaming group you happen to have. Sometimes you buy gifts for yourself that you share with whichever playing group you happen to have.
Freddie: no one has the slightest idea what is and isn’t cultural appropriation
Read this complaint (in Cosmopolitan, which is funny a number of levels) about how a Nepalese woman being inspired by other cultures for Victoria’s Secret is an act of shameful cultural appropriation. Then let’s ask...
