After RGB: Fear the Future?
After the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, I no longer worry about the future. Now, I fear it.
Monthly Archive: September 2020
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Dead at 87
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who has suffered from various ailments for years, has passed away. She was 87.
An Origin Story of Religious Populists
If evangelical political thought wasn’t formed within the broad swath of the conservative press, where was it formed?
The Need Is For Light
How often do we get the chance to link our discomfort with an apocalyptic orange sky to a decades-old sci-fi novel?
Weekend Plans Post: Advancements In Dentistry
On Smoking. On Chewing Gum. On Losing a Filling. On Going to the Dentist.
Against Primary Schooling: Anecdotes, Questions, and Commentary
To dismantle the primary school system is not desirable, but it is necessary. What we have now is a triumph of the middle of the 20th Century…
Mini-Throughput: Life on Venus Edition
This week the internets exploded with reports of a possible detection of life on Venus. Well … kinda.
The Difficulty of Working on a Playground
“If I didn’t have to work, Steve, you know i’d be there with you in a New York Minute!”
Information, But Dumber, Louder, and Wetter
Apparently it is some sort of time-honored ritual to make your meteorologist sacrifice themselves to the optics gods…but enough is enough.
Wednesday Writs: Georgia v Brailsford and the SCOTUS Jury Trial
Our case of the week is the only known jury trial to be held before the United States Supreme Court: State of Georgia v. Brailsford.
City of Louisville Settles With Breonna Taylor Family
The City of Louisville will announce a settlement in the civil lawsuit brought by Breonna Taylor’s family following her death during a police raid gone wrong.
Perverse Incentives
The key to successful government policy is through perverse incentive mitigation, usually through the Law of Unintended Consequences.
Wisconsin Supreme Court Ends Green Party Presidential Ballot Attempt
There will be no replay of Jill Stein pulling 30K votes in a state won by only 23K in 2016.
About Wisconsin, And How 2020 Is/Isn’t Like 2016
Our friend Drew Savicki has the 270 to Win write-up on the state that probably turned the tide in 2016, and has been very much in the news lately
The Reckoning and a Reckless Thought Experiment
I’m supposed to want justice, but I’m not sure what justice will mean for me. I have been wronged…But I have also wronged others.
To Catch A Papyrus
Honestly, I had forgotten all about this, but it is a story that would make Dan Brown jealous for not having thought of it first.
Sunday Morning! “The Sheltering Sky” by Paul Bowles
A debut novel that feels a bit like a rupture, not quite like anything that came before it, but marking a great deal that came afterwards. In The Sheltering Sky, Paul Bowles left all sentiment to die in the desert.
In Theory
We don’t live in a perfect world. This love of theory is why economics on an academic level is virtually useless.
When Politics Ignores Science
“What’s it like?” Tim Ingalsbee repeated back to me, wearily, when I asked him what it was like to watch California this past week. In 1980, Ingalsbee started working as a wildland firefighter. In...
