Boston Marathon Bomber’s Death Sentence Overturned on Appeal
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the surviving half of the brothers who were behind the Boston Marathon bombing, is off death row — for now.
Monthly Archive: July 2020
Weekend Plans Post: The Many Joys Of Self-Isolation
I got the call on Tuesday. “Jaybird, you were in a room yesterday that had someone in it last week that has, this week, tested positive for Coronavirus”.
Linky Friday: Last Day of July, or the 153th Day of March, Depending
Linky Friday, Ordinary Times’ end-of-the-week tradition of bringing you items from around the web to read, share, and discuss
Unsealed Documents in Past Case Focuses Attention Back on Jeffrey Epstein
“The documents include a deposition given by Epstein accuser Virginia Roberts Giuffre, the draft of a memoir she was writing about her experiences inside the sex-trafficking ring, and email exchanges between Maxwell and Epstein.”
The Economics of Action Figures Part II: Contrived Scarcity
Scarcity ties into a couple topics that few really understand. The biggest of these is the Accounting 101 concept of assets, liabilities, and equities.
Spain Debates UBI-type Program Amid Covid-19
Facing “the worst economic crisis since the end of the Spanish Civil War in 1939,” the ruling socialist government is turning to UBI
Thursday Throughput: The Hope of a COVID-19 Vaccine
There are 200 teams around the world contributing to the one of the biggest and most dramatic scientific efforts in human history: a COVID-19 vaccine
What is Democracy’s Selling Proposition with Respect to China?
There is no moral equivalency between the United States government and China’s government. But how do we package those differences in a convincing manner?
Wednesday Writs: SCOTUS, Nevada, and Casinos Over Churches Edition
Our Case of the Week made headlines, carrying on recent SCOTUS story lines like Gorsuch’s veneration and “John Roberts has abandoned his oath!”
The Economics of Action Figures Part I: Value
The action figure market is one of the best case studies in the economic concept of value. Value is inherently an individual and subjective beast.
Making a Difference: How To Communicate About Using Masks for COVID
The rules were developed because they work, not because I think they ought to work or because I read somewhere that they should work.
Read the Democratic National Committee’s Party Platform on the War on Drugs
Note: This doesn’t become OFFICIAL until it’s officially voted on at the official 2020 convention. From the draft of the 2020 DNC Platform (warning: PDF): Substance use disorders are diseases, not crimes. Democrats believe...
Cornonavirus Outbreak Causes MLB to Suspend Games
It’s been less than a week and already Major League Baseball has a full-blown coronavirus outbreak on their hands.
Barbarians at the Gate: Credentialism and Loving Gatekeeping, Under Certain Circumstances…
Credentialism is a game whose rules are arbitrary and subject to change at any time…And it just gets worse every generation.
A Clash of Symbols
I wonder what other people might find if they take a moment to consider symbols from the other person’s point of view.
