Israel, Cyprus, and a Personal Journey Through the Crusades
While on a trip to Israel and Cyprus with my father this past May, I attempted to see as many of its physical remnants as possible.
Monthly Archive: August 2018
Linky Friday: Blood and Guts
Linky Friday is Ordinary Time’s Friday tradition of compiling links from around the world and across the web straight to you. This week in Linky Friday: Blood and Guts, inside out, and recovery, soundtracked with music fitting the theme.
NYC Caps Ride Share Vehicles, Requires Minimum Pay
In an effort to combat gridlock on its streets, New York City introduced new regulations affecting rideshare companies like Uber and Lyft, placing a moratorium on new licensed vehicles and mandating a minimum hourly wage for drivers.
Tribune Media-Sinclair Broadcasting Merger Off
The killing of the merger comes two weeks after President Trump waded into the issue on Twitter, going against his own FCC to criticize scrutiny by government over the proposed merger.
Rick Wilson’s 300 Page Diary Entry
If you are a Dem, liberal, progressive, or a conservative who thinks Trump is awful, Rick Wilson’s “Everything Trump Touches Dies” will reinforce and harden your views. It’s shock jock entertainment in written form. But other than a fan-fiction vignette with Ivanka and a weird homo-erotic fantasy involving Trump and Sean Hannity, there is nothing new here.
About Last Night: The Democrat Center Holds in Primary Results, For Now
Much ink and characters have been spilled about the Democrat “Blue Wave”, and last night with primaries in Ohio, Missouri, Michigan, Kansas, and Washington we have some actual data and fresh results to add to the mix.
The End Of The Chris Gethard Show
An appreciation of the long-running and beautifully weird The Chris Gethard Show, which ended this week.
Poetry Should Hurt
Meaning and context take a backseat as the language police round up another suspect.
Impeachment Net Widens in West Virginia
The implosion of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals continues today as the state House of Delegates meets to debate the 14 Articles of Impeachment presented by the Republican majority.
Andrew Sullivan Is Mad Again
Andrew Sullivan is outraged that somebody else on the internet is making wildly offensive claims about entire groups of people.
Alex Jones and the Consequences of Free Speech
As vile as I find Jones to be, if his First Amendment rights were being violated I would defend him and his company. But that isn’t what is happening here.
Democrats Left Turn Only
The debate is over whether Dems should be more socialist, left leaning, and liberal and whether those things are interchangeable anymore.
