Monthly Archive: January 2021
About that 1776 Commission Report
A bunch of knowledgeable folks on the subject of American history have thoughts on the 1776 Commission’s final report. Read for yourself.
The Politics of Survival: Putting Yourself in a Box
Political conversation has focused on promises made by those who want our vote in exchange for elements of our perceived survival.
The Lost Art of Book Learning
Google searching is utilitarian, but it is not a substitute for the visceral fun of opening a random volume up to a random page and learning something new.
On Writing of Wrongs
We should understand that because of the technology of the day, we may well be the most recorded and documented generation in history.
Game of Thrones: Little People, Big World
Quit ignoring The Scope Problem or we’ll end up with more Game of Thrones that start off amazing and end with a disappointed “meh”.
Sunday Morning: “Swann’s Way/ Swann in Love” by Marcel Proust (Pt 2)
Let anyone who has never debased themselves for a mismatched love cast the first snark. Finishing the first volume of Proust.
Yann’s Hot Dog Stand, Chocolate Milk, and Hometown Tradition
Ketchup? Mr. Yann is the “no soup for you” guy of the hot dog world. “NO KETCHUP. NO RELISH. NO CHEESE. DON’T ASK.”
Saturday Morning Gaming: Guacamelee!
You play Juan, a humble agave farmer in Santa Luchita. When The Big Bad comes in and steals your love interest, you become a Luchador!
Saturday Spins: Cowboy Junkies The Trinity Session
What is unique about this album is that Cowboy Junkies played and sung around a single ambisonic microphone in the church.
I Love My Country, But Let’s Not Kid Ourselves.
“This isn’t who we are” comes from a good place. It’s also incredibly wrong. This is who we are. This is who we are as a nation.
Ordinary Times’ Andrew Donaldson on Consumer Choice Radio
Ordinary Times’ own Managing Editor Andrew Donaldson appeared on Consumer Choice Radio to talk politics, culture, West Virginia & more
Drinking Cheap Vodka Will Kill You: A Twitter Parable
That’s the sentence that sent me to a 12-hour Twitter time-out so I could cool my heels and think about all the harm I wished to inflict.
Not An Escalation of Trumpism, An Acceleration of Consequences
As long as Trump commands the base, Trumpism will become the face of a once respectable, sorely missed conservative party.
