The Perspective of Luck, or Lack Thereof
Sports and politics have that in common. People absolutely lose their minds over it, and their basic life skills and humanity tend to go with it.
Monthly Archive: August 2019
The Trump Economy On the Brink
You don’t need to be an economist to know that none of this is good. A President at war with everyone and pushing an economic agenda that is pure crackpottery.
Sunday Morning! “The Memory Police” by Yoko Ogawa
On a Japanese novel and film that deal in different ways with the social pressure to forget.
Saturday Morning Gaming: Star Trek Fleet Captains
A Board Game for Star Trek/Board Game enthusiasts
(Warning: this ain’t an entry level board game)
Put Away Childish Things
Many of us have stuck with childish pursuits because the adults of the past couple generations failed to properly pass the baton.
Speaking of Terror
If certain kinds of violence demand more from us, defining and describing violence becomes charged with power.
To Lift This Great Social Incubus of Bad Cooking
Fannie Farmer’s influence and cookbook are both still around today, in an age where culinary is a hot entertainment commodity and the entirety of human knowledge on the subject is available with a quick search on your phone or computer.
Thursday Throughput for 8/22/19
A new treatment for Ebola, if administered early, can cut the fatality rate to 6%, a stunning reduction from the normal rate of 75%. We now have this and a working vaccine.
Wednesday Writs for 8/21
It’s time for Wednesday Writs ft recent history of the Commerce Clause, which is much more important than it sounds, RGP eulogizing JPS, terrible lawyers giving terrible advice, the Angry Bagel Guy, a “Serial” update and more.
No, Google Did Not Steal The Election
This is one of the classic methods of junk science — multiplying humbug by humbug, extrapolating upward and onward until you get dramatic conclusions that defy any common sense.
The Hedgehog Who Won
In short, the Republicans rule the Winter Carnival but sacrificed their tongue in order to do so.
2019 Time Capsule
Well, now that you’ve read our series on who you ought to be rooting for in the pre-season, it’s time for everybody to show how good they are at this prediction thing!
