Day: September 13, 2020

The Reckoning and a Reckless Thought Experiment Old court room

The Reckoning and a Reckless Thought Experiment

gabriel conroy September 13, 2020

I'm supposed to want justice, but I'm not sure what justice will mean for me. I have...

To Catch A Papyrus The Gospel of Jesus' Wife

To Catch A Papyrus

Andrew Donaldson September 13, 2020

Honestly, I had forgotten all about this, but it is a story that would make Dan Brown...

Sunday Morning! “The Sheltering Sky” by Paul Bowles "The Sheltering Sky" by Paul Bowles

Sunday Morning! “The Sheltering Sky” by Paul Bowles

Rufus F. September 13, 2020

A debut novel that feels a bit like a rupture, not quite like anything that came before...

In Theory

In Theory

Russell Michaels September 13, 2020

We don’t live in a perfect world. This love of theory is why economics on an...

When Politics Ignores Science

Oscar Gordon September 13, 2020

“What’s it like?” Tim Ingalsbee repeated back to me, wearily, when I asked him what it was...

DouglasMes on Weekend Plans Post: The Escape RoomI’ve started using CBD gummies like https://www.cornbreadhemp.com/products/cbda-oil , and they’ve ma…
Jaybird on Weekend Plans Post: The Escape RoomRemember what the drowning man said: "A little drunk is better than dead."
Dark Matter in reply to Philip H on From Freddie de Boer: Abundance, Up To A PointThere are bad ideas on both sides, both sides can correctly point to the others' and say that they'r…
Saul Degraw on Open Mic for the Week of 4/7/2025There is no benefit to trying to cozy up to Trump and Co., example one trillion: New Jersey Governor…
North in reply to Philip H on From Freddie de Boer: Abundance, Up To A PointRed states build a lot more infrastructure, housing and such development compared to their Blue stat…
North on From Freddie de Boer: Abundance, Up To A PointFreddie has always had this squeamishness about YIMBY’s that I think stems from the fact that he, in…
Saul Degraw in reply to Philip H on Open Mic for the Week of 4/7/2025And he has more available but this was expected.
Dark Matter in reply to CJColucci on Open Mic for the Week of 4/7/2025I asked Google's AI the history of that word/medical-phrase. ...gained prominence in the mid-20th ce…
Philip H in reply to DensityDuck on From Freddie de Boer: Abundance, Up To A PointWhat pray tell do you think the Right in the US is correct about? I mean Democrats borrowed the righ…
Philip H on Open Mic for the Week of 4/7/2025Welp. I guess he has now had his due process. https://www.npr.org/2025/04/11/nx-s1-5361208/mahmoud-k…